Bulgaria's entry into the Schengen area and by land will help our country deal with smuggling at the borders, because stricter control will be imposed by European institutions as well. This was stated by MEP Radan Kanev in Pleven.
According to Kanev, Bulgaria's ability to deal with smuggling is very weak:
"The creation of the Schengen external European border is very important for Bulgaria to deal with these criminal networks, because they will face institutions much stronger than the Bulgarian state institutions, unfortunately, because the passage of goods illegally through GPP "Captain Andreevo" will now directly affect each of the 27 European governments. Our full integration in Europe is extremely important, including from the point of view of dealing with our own organized crime.
Radan Kanev added that this also applies to our entry into the Eurozone:
"Because entering the Banking Union, we already benefit from one supervision over potential bank frauds of the KTB type. However, this does not apply to insurance activities and pension funds. They are not yet under full European control.
According to Kanev, among the priorities of the next European Parliament will be expanding the powers, budget and staff of the European Prosecutor's Office, the development of a common European security and defense policy, building a common European health and pharmaceutical policy and a much stronger and more intensive European industrial policy.
The DSB is conducting negotiations with its coalition partners for participation in the upcoming elections, but they will also rely on the majority vote in the possible common lists of candidates, Kanev also noted.