2024-06-10 04:46:26
Stefka Kostadinova and Bulgarian followers of our monitor and subject athletes, who’re in Rome for the European Championships, voted in our embassy on Sunday. Nonetheless, it was not solely the 33-degree warmth that prevented many from strolling to the headquarters of our diplomatic mission, the place there are two of the 27 polling stations in Italy.
36-year-old Petar Velichkov from Mezdra has been dwelling in Rome for 7 years and has voted within the final 5 elections for the Bulgarian parliament. “We stay with the hope that one thing will change,” our compatriot informed “24 Hours”. His good friend Alexander Mirazchiiski from Cherven Bryag, who has been dwelling within the Italian capital for 10 years, additionally voted within the final 5 elections. Nonetheless, lots of their acquaintances have given up voting now as a result of they’re uninterested in voting with out change. It’s virtually sure that the turnout shall be a minimum of 1/3 decrease than that of the earlier votes.
Historically, there have been essentially the most voters in Milan, there are additionally a whole lot of Bulgarian college students, that is why 3 sections had been opened.
Queues of these wishing to vote, nevertheless, shaped in entrance of the Bulgarian embassy in London. In it, 4 sections had been opened, however within the second a part of the election day, in addition they proved to be inadequate to obtain the voters.
The reason being that it was the one place within the UK the place poll papers may be solid for the European elections. Some who traveled tens of kilometers to vote for the European vote had been dissatisfied that they needed to have resided in Bulgaria or one other EU nation for a sure period of time in current months to be eligible to take action. Nonetheless, others determined to take a threat and crammed out a declaration that they met the requirement in query as a result of they had been returning to Bulgaria for the Easter holidays and voted for each the Bulgarian and the European Parliament.
In Germany, the place there’s the most important Bulgarian neighborhood within the EU, there have been 103 polling stations. In line with TV correspondents, a big a part of our compatriots who’ve twin citizenship voted for the German candidates for the European Parliament, not for the Bulgarian ones.