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The MPs listened to Atanas Pekanov, the Deputy Prime Minister for the management of European funds

Atanas Pekanov is an economist at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), in Vienna.

It is at the request of the BSP parliamentary group

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (abbreviated BSP) is and is connected to the implementation of the decision of the previous National Assembly, by which the Council of Ministers was obliged to take actions to amend the Plan for Recovery and Sustainability in the "energy" part.

"The caretaker government has taken all possible actions to renegotiate the Recovery and Sustainability Plan (RPP), in compliance with the decision of the National Assembly, and we expect the prepared changes to be agreed with the European Commission (EC) according to the described schedule".

This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister for the management of European funds, Atanas Pekanov

Atanas Pekanov, an economist at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), in Vienna, during today's hearing in the National Assembly. 

Pekanov explained that the renegotiation process continues and the Parliament's decision will be implemented as much as possible in the course of negotiations with the EC, which will have the final say on the proposed changes.

At the same time, our goal is to prevent delays in implementation during the renegotiation, as well as loss of European funds under the Plan, the Deputy Prime Minister specified. 

"Bulgaria is in the "golden middle".

We have received about 25% of the funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

There are many countries that have received much less.

There are six or seven countries that have not made a request for the first payment at all.

I am glad that within the framework of the office we managed to make up for part of the delay that had occurred", Atanas Pekanov also said

Atanas Pekanov is an economist at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), in Vienna. 

He predicts that as soon as possible, after we pass the necessary legislation, we will be able to receive the second payment. 

The majority in the parliament continues to support the country's path to the Eurozone, said Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Management of European Funds Atanas Pekanov

Atanas Pekanov was an economist at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), in Vienna, during the parliamentary blitz.

Pekanov recalled that soon there were elections in which each party expressed its opinion on the country's acceptance into the Eurozone.

"You have a clearly expressed opinion, I respect it, even if I don't agree with it," Pekanov addressed the "Vazrazhdane" party

Vazrazhdane is a political party in Bulgaria, established in August 2014. Its chairman" who, according to him, have the right to be against it, but there is a decision of the National Assembly on the Eurozone and it has not been canceled. The technical work on the adoption continues because the official cabinet has such a responsibility, said Pekanov.

He denied accusations from "Vazrazhdane

Vazrazhdane is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in August 2014. Its chairman's official cabinet paid lobbyists in the EC. "I have no information about payments to lobbyists and I cannot comment," said Pekanov. He recalled that the Council of Ministers approved the allocation of BGN 10 million under the budget of the Ministry of Finance for 2022 for the financial provision of communication activities in the process of introducing the euro in the Republic of Bulgaria.

However, Pekanov emphasized that there is no information that these funds have been used so far.

"They have been delegated but not used," the deputy prime minister said.

All other questions should be referred to the Ministry of Finance, he told the Revival party

Vazrazhdane is a political party in Bulgaria, established in August 2014. Its chairman".

Admission to all operational programs will start by June.

This became clear from the statement of the acting Deputy Prime Minister for the management of European funds, Atanas Pekanov

Atanas Pekanov is an economist at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), in Vienna, during the parliamentary control blitz. 

According to the new program period, 10 out of 10 operational programs were approved within the cabinet last year.

Procedures have already started for almost all of them.

There are still a few that will start the procedures in May or at the beginning of June, so by the end of this cabinet, the goal is to have all the programs started, Pekanov said.

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