Nationalist MEP Anguel Djambazki denies having made the Nazi salute on February 16 inside the European Parliament and asks for “excuses”. However, he is accustomed to this kind of provocation, as well as racist remarks.
What did Bulgarian MEP Anguel Djambazki (often spelled Angel Dzhambazki) mean by raising his arm before leaving the European Parliament during the debate on the rule of law in Poland and Hungary on February 16? “Djambazki arouses outrage with a semblance of a Nazi salute”, summarizes the daily Sega of Sofia, by reporting on this affair which is beginning to provoke more and more reactions across Europe.
The President of Parliament, the Maltese Roberta Metsola (EPP, right), was the first to be indignant: “A fascist salute in the European Parliament is unacceptable.” “It offends me and it offends everyone in Europe […]. This gesture is part of the darkest chapter in our history and must remain there.” she said on Twitter.
Present in the room, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, described the gesture as “scandalous and outrageous”. All of the centrist MEPs from the Renaissance group have called for sanctions.
“Integral nonsense”
As for the principal concerned, he described these accusations as “integral nonsense”. “I just made a sign to the president to take leave before leaving the hemicycle”, explained MEP Anguel Djambazki to the private television channel Nova. The latter had just been called to order following shouting:
We will never allow you to tell us what to say and what to do. Long live Bulgaria, Hungary, Orbán, Fidesz and the Europe of nation states.”
He had to
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Alexandre Levy
