At her lavish society wedding in 2012, Mariya Gabriel’s guests were entertained by a troop of performers who danced barefoot on hot embers.
If the MEP, who was officially nominated by Bulgaria Wednesday to be the country’s new commissioner, is to make a success of the politically toxic digital portfolio, she will need some equally nimble footwork.
That is for the future though.
The well-connected Gabriel — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Deputy Prime Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov were at her wedding — will replace Kristalina Georgieva, who resigned in October 2016. But the Commission still needs to validate her nomination and select …read more
Source: European Voice
