site.btaUPDATED Unions Protest Closure of Coal Plants, MPs Join Them

A meeting between the GERB-UDF parliamentary group, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), and the Podkrepa Labour Confederation took place here on Friday to discuss Bulgaria's commitment to close its coal-fired plants. Delyan Dobrev MP presented a draft resolution, which aims to ensure that the Bulgarian coal-fired plants will not be closed by the end of 2025.

Energy and coal-mining companies' managements, employer and branch organizations, municipality mayors and leaders of energy federations affiliated with the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour insist on immediate negotiations with the European Commission about the 40% reduction of Bulgaria's carbon emissions by 40% by 2026 compared to 2019 which is required by he National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).