#Bulgaria takes over EU’s six-month rotating presidency - former King Simeon Saxe-Coburg of Gotha

Bulgaria has taken over the EU’s six-month rotating presidency, but it is likely to find that its priorities do not exactly coincide with those of other member states. The Bulgarian government wants its presidency to be remembered, first and foremost, for having advanced the cause of western Balkan countries keen to join the EU. The government also yearns for progress on Bulgaria’s ambitions to join the eurozone and the EU’s Schengen passport-free travel regime — though it recognises that these goals are separate from the job of managing the EU presidency.

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