Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 13085 | 21 January 2013

Signatories:

Mr Latchezar TOSHEV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Kirtcho DIMITROV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Erich Georg FRITZ, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Dzhema GROZDANOVA, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Joachim HÖRSTER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Anette HÜBINGER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Gebhard NEGELE, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Joseph O'REILLY, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Mr Petar PETROV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD

Origin

2013 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 17.5.2, delete the words "Pomak and".

Explanatory note

The word "Pomak" has abusive meaning "squashed people" and it is used by other people to name the Muslim Bulgarians, whose ancestors were forced to convert their religion from Christianity to Islam, mainly during the 17 century. They could be treated as religious, but not ethnic minority. Most of them don't like to be named "Pomaks".