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| Bulgaria's EU nominee steps down | Bulgaria's EU nominee steps down |
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| Bulgaria's nominee to the new European Commission has resigned - a move that could delay confirmation of the new 27-strong team. | Bulgaria's nominee to the new European Commission has resigned - a move that could delay confirmation of the new 27-strong team. |
| Rumiana Jeleva's move followed tough questioning from Euro MPs about her financial interests. | Rumiana Jeleva's move followed tough questioning from Euro MPs about her financial interests. |
| Last week doubts were expressed about her competence for the role of EU commissioner for humanitarian aid. | |
| Kristalina Georgieva, vice-president of the World Bank, has been put forward as the new Bulgarian candidate. | |
| Ms Jeleva's resignation came in a letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, Reuters news agency reports. | |
| MEPs can veto the whole Commission if they oppose one of its members. | |
| The row over her candidacy centred on her past management of a consultancy firm. She denied any wrongdoing. | |
| A Bulgarian liberal MEP, Antonyia Parvanova, disputed Ms Jeleva's declaration that she had ended her involvement with the Bulgarian firm Global Consult in 2007. | |
| Ms Parvanova claims she was still managing the company until 2009. | |
| Any undeclared financial interest would put Ms Jeleva in breach of European Union rules. |