The President's veto of the Energy Act is being considered by the National Assembly. The Energy Commission has previously overruled the veto on the reforms, which call for residential users to leave the free power market in 2026.
On the penultimate working day before the start of the election campaign, the GERB-UDF called an emergency meeting of the National Assembly to oppose Radev's veto, but not a single MP from the GERB-UDF, "Movement for Rights and Freedoms", "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria", "Revival" or Bulgarian Socialist Party entered the plenary chamber.
Radev returned the law for reconsideration, claiming that "the majority of Bulgarian citizens' standard of living remains the lowest in the European Union, and the envisaged changes could make it even more difficult for people who already struggle to meet their basic living expenses." The adopted law, according to the president, moved away from welfare state goals, and its adoption was not accompanied by a full assessment of the impact, as the necessary models and forecasts were not made, despite provisions that directly affect the well-being of Bulgarian citizens and the sustainability of the energy system.
The program states that parliamentary control will be held following the completion of work on the first item on the agenda. Atanas Slavov, Minister of Justice, Andrey Tsekov, Minister of Regional Development, Galin Tsokov, Minister of Education and Science, Hristo Hinkov, Minister of Health, Dimitar Iliev, Minister of Youth and Sports, and Ivanka Shalapatova, Minister of Labor and Social Policy are expected to participate. /BGNES
