„ There is a risk of losing BGN 6-8 billion given free of charge by the EU. The reasons against the Istanbul Convention are a falsification, there is a decision of the Constitutional Court – Nobody can oblige us to do something that the Supreme Court has said: "No". This is what the former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Sergey Stanishev, said in "Offensive with Lyubo Ognyanov". be conservative, it is for changes. The results of the BSP speak clearly - they shrink like shagreen skin, he added Regarding the upcoming elections and the fact that he will not run for the European Parliament, he said that this decision was expected. “I had no illusions that under this leadership of the BSP I would not be on the lists. I remind you that in 2019, when I was re-elected for the third time as president of the PES with 83%, the leader of a party that is a member of PES wanted me not to be on the list. Then there was a riot and they overturned that decision. The reason why I am not on the list is that, perhaps the first - in 2018, I said that Ninova's political line, the expropriation of the BSP from the European one, is wrong. This has its price”, said the former PES president.
In his words, Vanya Grigorova's project has charge, it has energy. “Many left and center-left voters will not vote because they do not see for whom”, he explained and added that for him it is a matter of responsibility to vote in elections. “I am the only former chairman of the BSP who is still in the party. I went through the entire nomination process knowing that I would not be nominated by the party out of respect for thepeople. There are many people on the list who are more suited to the "Revival" list than to a European party. The political line of the BSP leadership is schizophrenic. They are both in the Party of European Socialists and explain how different they are, Stanishev said.
When asked why Elena Yoncheva chose to run for the EP elections on behalf of the DPS, he said that everyone has a head on their shoulders. “Everyone makes their own choice. I accept every choice a person makes for themselves. Every choice has its price”, added Sergey Stanishev.
He set an example with his participation in a conference in Romania – the politicians there know what they are doing. “We look ridiculous in the eyes of people”, explained the politician.