Next week Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov will start talks with the European Commission on what procedure will follow Thursday’s decision of the Bulgarian Parliament mandating the Council of Ministers to revise the provisions of the Recovery and Resilience Plan relating to the phasing out of coal energy, caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev told journalists on Friday.
The document was proposed by the parliamentary energy committee and backed in plenary in a 187-2 vote with nine abstentions. All political groups supported the decision against the closure of coal plants. It instructs the government to seek scrapping the commitment for 40% carbon emission cuts by the end of 2025 (from the 2019 levels) and make sure the coal plants continue operating without restrictions at least until 2038.
"This sets a precedent. No other EU member state has raised the issue of revising their national plans," Donev commented, adding that the whole process would take time.
"It is very important not to delay the implementation, the start and the implementation of the other projects that are part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. They are in the field of social policy, health, regional development, e-government and other areas of social and economic life. These projects should continue to be implemented and worked on," Donev said.
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