Vigenin, S&D Member and EP rapporteur on the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, underlined that the European Parliament will be able to include a number of issues which are high on the social democratic agenda

Vigenin, who is a Rapporteur of the European parliament for IPA , outlined the main changes of the new Regulation and the positions which the European Parliament defends in the negotiations

Later in the day will be adopted a declaration and will be officially established Arab Social Democratic Forum, which will build a strong network of progressive forces across the region in coordination with the Party of European Socialists.

The Board of Governors of the European Endowment for Democracy, in which participate Bulgarian MEP Kristian Vigenin as a representative of EP, appointed Jerzy Pomianowski /Poland/ for executive director of the Fund.

By a large majority, the proposal for supplement of Kristian Vigenin was adopted in which EP expressed concern about the rising nationalist attitudes in Ukraine

On December 12th, at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, was held a debate on the situation in Egypt