The creation of a “multispeed” European Union would be a major mistake, the Bulgarian minister for foreign affairs has warned during a visit to Dublin.
The danger in such a move was that the EU would select “the wrong gear and step into reverse”, Nikolay Mladenov told the Institute of International and European Affairs. He admired the way Ireland had invested so much in research and IT and also praised Ireland’s “strongly Atlanticist” approach to international affairs.
