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Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev ( born May 5 , 1966 ) is a Bulgarian politician who was the leader of the ___MASK6___ ( BSP ) from 2001 until 2014 . He is the President of the Party of European Socialists , the second - largest party in the European Parliament since 2011 . He was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009 . The ___MASK6___ (  ; " Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiya ", BSP ), known as the Centenarian (  , " Stoletnitsata "), is a social - democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party . The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International . It is the leading component of the Coalition for Bulgaria centre - left coalition . Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European ___MASK11___ . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the ___MASK98___ of India . The Parliament is composed of the President of India and the houses . It is bicameral with two houses : the Rajya Sabha ( Council of States ) and the Lok Sabha ( House of the People ). The President in his role as head of legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha . The president can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the Prime Minister and his ___MASK11___ Council of Ministers . The European Council "( French : Conseil européen )", charged with defining the EU ' s overall political direction and priorities , is the institution of the European ___MASK11___ ( EU ) that comprises the heads of state or government of the member states , along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission . The High Representative of the ___MASK11___ for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also takes part in its meetings . Established as an informal summit in 1975 , the European Council was formalised as an institution in 2009 upon the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon . Its current President is Donald Tusk . The European Commission ( EC ) is an institution of the European ___MASK11___ , responsible for proposing legislation , implementing decisions , upholding the EU treaties and managing the day - to - day business of the EU . Commissioners swear an oath at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg , pledging to respect the treaties and to be completely independent in carrying out their duties during their mandate . The Party of European Socialists ( PES ) is a social - democratic European political party . The PES comprises national - level political parties primarily from member states of the European ___MASK11___ ( EU ) and other nations of the European continent . The PES member parties are themselves mostly members of the Progressive Alliance or Socialist International . The political group in the European Parliament of the PES is the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and ___MASK25___ ( S & D ). The PES also operates in the Committee of the Regions ( in the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions ) and the European Council . The PES is currently led by Sergei Stanishev , former Prime Minister of Bulgaria . The European Parliament ( EP ) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European ___MASK11___ ( EU ). Together with the Council of the European ___MASK11___ ( the Council ) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU . The Parliament is composed of 751 ( previously 766 ) members , who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans - national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ). Bulgaria ( tr . '), officially the ___MASK98___ of Bulgaria ( tr . '), is a country in southeastern Europe . It is bordered by Romania to the north , Serbia and Macedonia to the west , Greece and Turkey to the south , and the Black Sea to the east . With a territory of , Bulgaria is Europe ' s 16th - largest country . The Coalition for Bulgaria (" Koalitsiya za Bulgaria ", KB , or BSP - Left Bulgaria in 2014 ) is a leftist electoral ___MASK23___ in Bulgaria , led by the ___MASK6___ . The European ___MASK11___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK11___ of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK11___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Evgeni Zahariev Kirilov ( Bulgarian :    ) ( born 26 January 1945 in Lubichevo , Targovishte Oblast ) is a Bulgarian politician . He is a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria , part of the Party of European Socialists , and became a Member of the European Parliament on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European ___MASK11___ . He was a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria , mainly active in the Committee on foreign affairs . On May 20 , 2010 , the European Parliament in Strasbourg , adopted the resolution on `` The need for an EU Strategy for the South Caucasus '' on the basis of the report by Evgeni Kirilov . The resolution states in particular , that `` the occupied Azerbaijani regions around Nagorno - Karabakh must be cleared as soon as possible '' . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic ___MASK98___ ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Serbia , officially the ___MASK98___ of Serbia , is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . Relative to its small territory , it is a diverse country distinguished by a " transitional " character , situated along cultural , geographic , climatic and other boundaries . Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north ; Romania and Bulgaria to the east ; Macedonia to the south ; and Croatia , Bosnia - Herzegovina , and Montenegro to the southwest ; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents , and its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe . A European political party ( formally , a political party at European level ; informally a Europarty ) is a type of political party organisation operating transnationally in Europe and in the institutions of the European ___MASK11___ . They are regulated and funded by the European ___MASK11___ and are usually made up of national parties , not individuals . Europarties have the exclusive right to campaign during the European elections and express themselves within the European Parliament by their affiliated political groups and their MEPs . Europarties , through coordination meetings with their affiliated heads of state and government , influence the decision - making process of the European Council . Europarties also work closely and co - ordinate with their affiliated members of the European Commission and , according to the Lisbon Treaty the Europarty that wins the European elections has ___MASK91___ to nominate to the European Council its candidate for President of the European Commission . Turkey , officially the ___MASK98___ of Turkey ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary ___MASK98___ with a diverse cultural ___MASK69___ . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . Turkey ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . The Council of the European ___MASK11___ ( often still referred to as the Council of Ministers , or sometimes just called the Council ) is the third of the seven institutions of the European ___MASK11___ ( EU ) as listed in the Treaty on European ___MASK11___ . It is part of the essentially bicameral EU legislature ( the other legislative body being the European Parliament ) and represents the executive governments of the EU ' s member states . It is based in the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels , Belgium .