At a special EU competitiveness meeting held at the Belgian castle Alden Biesen, outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov joined European leaders to discuss ways to make the Union faster, more agile, and less encumbered by bureaucracy. The gathering brought together heads of state and government, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni , German Chancellor Friedrich Merz , and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, who had invited Zhelyazkov to participate. During his meeting