reinforced border in Bulgaria, early elections in Portugal

Bulgaria is strengthening its border with Turkey. A fence 260 kilometers long was erected, it is damaged in some places. Officially, since January, 6,500 illegally entered migrants have been arrested. Three times more than last year at the same time. The authorities sent 350 additional soldiers to the border, the gateway to Europe.

In Portugal, in the absence of an agreement between the government and its former allies of the radical left on the budget, legislative elections will take place in January 2022, in order to avoid a major political crisis. Finally, there is still no agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the question of Northern Ireland. David Frost, the Minister responsible for Brexit, was in Brussels (Belgium) and said he was ready to trigger Article 16, which suspends certain provisions adopted. The European Commission strongly opposes this. As it stands, according to the signed agreement, Northern Ireland remains in the customs union and the single European market.