Peter Vitanov will not run for MEP again.
"I wanted to preserve myself at a time when we have an absolute collapse of political parties. That was the reason. I belong to the left-wing political spectrum and now that I see this stratification, I am not happy", said MEP Petar Vitanov in the studio of "Denyat ON AIR".
He noted that when a party is strong, it is able to attract personalities.
"A great left unification without the BSP cannot happen at the moment. On the other hand, while Kornelia Ninova is at the head of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, she encapsulates herself, isolates herself and chases away all those who are dissenting", Vitanov emphasized for Bulgaria ON AIR.
In his words, BSP leader Cornelia Ninova will "wipe out" 130-year-old party.
"She turned it into a sole proprietorship, privatized and will see the bill. The third term will finish the party. If the same leadership continues to manage the BSP, it will not exist in 5 years", Vitanov was categorical.
"At the time, there were communists to social liberals in the BSP, absolutely everyone - social democrats, socialists, communists. Now there isn't. Everyone should think in a mold like the chairperson. "There is no attempt to expand this fan, and until this process of disintegration ends for one reason or another, the left is absolutely doomed to be in a loose state," commented Vitanov.
According to him, it is completely normal for Eurosceptics to find a place in the European Parliament.
"They embody the views of their constituents. It is quite natural that the sentiments in the national states are transferred to the European level. However, I wish that these Eurosceptics would not have a destructive role, but would strive to see Europe as our common home. It is good to preserve memory and tradition, but for better or for worse, we have a common path only together," Vitanov pointed out.