1. Andrey Kovatchev, is a Bulgarian politician, Member of the European Parliament, a federalist and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group in the European Parliament.
16 Facts About Andrey Kovatchev
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Andrey Kovatchev has a degree in Biology form Saarland University, Germany.
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Between 2004 and 2009 Andrey Kovatchev was a Regional Director for Central and East Europe for Elsevier.
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Andrey Kovatchev became a Member of the European Parliament after the elections in 2009 form the ticket of PP GERB.
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Between March 2011 and November 2018 Andrey Kovatchev was vice-president of the Union of European Federalists.
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In 2012, Andrey Kovatchev was elected for vice-chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament.
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Andrey Kovatchev is a Member and a vice-chair of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs; he is a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States; He is a Substitute of the Committee on Regional Development and in the Delegation for Relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Andrey Kovatchev is a Member of the Working Group in the EP for Reconciliation of European Histories.
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Andrey Kovatchev is the supporter of opening the communist archives of all former communist countries.
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Andrey Kovatchev considers that the integration of Western Balkans is the only way to peace and prosperity in this region, Kovatchev has stated many times his support to the reformist governments with a European orientation.
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Andrey Kovatchev is an author of important amendments in EP the resolution on the 2010 Progress report on North Macedonia.
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Andrey Kovatchev repeatedly reminds the Macedonian politicians the difficult steps of Bulgaria on its way to United Europe, last but not least because of the influence of the former secret services in the economic and political life of the country.
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Andrey Kovatchev is a supporter of the visa-free regime between the EU and all Western Balkan countries.
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Andrey Kovatchev is among the supporters of common economic governance in the EU.
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Andrey Kovatchev asserts that the single currency should be supported by economic and fiscal policies and coordination at supranational level.
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Andrey Kovatchev is supportive of the pan-European lists for European Parliament elections.