site.btaWrap-up: Parliament Debates No-Confidence Motion against Denkov Cabinet over Energy Sector Policy

A National Assembly debate on a no-confidence motion against the Government of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov over the Cabinet's energy sector policy took place at an extraordinary sitting on Thursday. The motion was tabled on October 5 by 71 MPs of Vazrazhdane, BSP for Bulgaria, and There Is Such a People (TISP) and by independent MP Radostin Vassilev.The motion, initiated by Vazrazhdane, is prompted by the territorial just transition plans for Bulgaria's coal-producing areas, which the parliamentary opposition sees as devastating for the coal-mining industry and the coal-fired power plants. The Cabinet submitted the plans to the European Commission on September 30.