{"id":17185,"date":"2025-09-02T03:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17185"},"modified":"2025-09-02T03:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:43:14","slug":"protesters-heckle-nazi-criminal-von-der-leyen-in-bulgaria-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17185","title":{"rendered":"Protesters heckle \u2018Nazi criminal\u2019 von der Leyen in Bulgaria (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activists have temporarily blocked EU chief\u2019s car outside a weapons factory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-wing activists heckled European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and briefly blocked her car during a visit to a weapons factory in Bulgaria on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Members of the Revival and Greatness parties waved the national flag and shouted \u201cNazi criminal\u201d<\/em> as they rallied outside the Vazov Machine Engineering Plant (VMZ) in Sopot, the country\u2019s largest state-owned arms producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time of the failed Brussels elite, along with its local servants, is running out,\u201d<\/em> Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov declared, adding that the protest showed \u201cBulgaria is not for sale.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cUrsula von der Leyen, who is under investigation for corruption and conflict of interest at the European level, is deeply disliked in Bulgaria. We do not want her in our country!\u201d<\/em> he wrote later on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec In Sopot werd Ursula von der Leyen ontvangen met kreten van \u201cNazi!\u201d. <\/p>\n

Haar bezoek aan een wapenfabriek werd geblokkeerd door aanhangers van partij Revival, ondanks dat de autoriteiten de tijd geheim probeerden te houden. pic.twitter.com\/apHOF5dd2T<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Symphony (@Symphony_res) September 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Germany\u2019s defense company Rheinmetall plans to build a gunpowder plant and a 155mm artillery factory on VMZ grounds. \u201cThis is exactly the kind of project we want to see \u2026 Up to 1,000 new jobs will come here to Sopot,\u201d<\/em> von der Leyen told reporters after touring the site with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. She also noted that \u201cone third of the weapons used in Ukraine was coming from Bulgaria.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Zhelyazkov said Bulgaria would continue contributing to mine-clearing operations in the Black Sea and provide \u201cairport infrastructure\u201d<\/em> for EU security needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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