Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on October 31 to approve a resolution hastily tabled by the ruling majority to impose restrictions on the export and intra-community supplies to other European Union countries of fuel products, mainly diesel and aviation fuel.
The resolution, tabled against the background of US sanctions on Russian fuel giants Rosneft and Lukoil – the latter has Bulgaria’s only refinery – was approved with 135 votes in favour, four against, with 42 abstentions.
The votes in favour came from Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, Delyan Peevski’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning, opposition We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria and government minority partners the Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left and ITN.
The votes against came from nationalist-populist Velichie, while opposition pro-Russian party Vuzrazhdane and nationalist-populist Mech registered abstentions.
The item was not initially on Parliament’s Order Pa
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