The Bulgarians protest against von der Leyen's arrival in the country.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in the Bulgarian city of Varna, where she was received with a protest. Those who opposed her arrival shouted "You are not welcome here" and threw eggs and tomatoes. Von der Leyen's motorcade, accompanied by the police, passed the demonstrators and arrived at the Naval Academy. N. 11 and Patserova.
According to the leader of the Vezrezhdan party Kostadin Kostadinov, the visit program has been reduced:.
Out of 24 hours planned stay in Bulgaria, she will stay only 3 hours.
He also mentioned an episode last year in which von der Leyen was "forced to jump over fences in a cornfield" near Sopot after a plane nearly crashed due to a protest by Vazarzdan supporters at a local military plant.