The European People’s Party is expecting all Bulgarian diplomats, connected to the former secret services, to resign from their positions, the EPP Secretary General Antonio Lopez-Isturiz said for the Bulgarian National Radio, according to Novinite. His statement was in regards to the recent scandal, which revealed that nearly half of Bulgaria’s present Ambassadors have been collaborators or agents of the former State Security of the Communist regime. Lopez-Isturiz has stated that the EPP is welcoming the actions that the Bulgarian government has taken to clarify the issue.