site.btaBSP Leader: Cabinet of GERB-UDF, CC-DB and MRF Killing Bulgaria's Energy Sector

The government of GERB-UDF, Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is killing Bulgaria's energy sector consistently, firmly and adamantly, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Korneliya Ninova said in Parliament on Thursday during a debate on the no-confidence motion against the Denkov Cabinet over energy sector policy. Here is a takeaway from her remarks: 

Regarding nuclear energy, Ninova criticised the Government for abandoning the Belene nuclear power plant project, pointing out that it continued Borissov's policy at a time when the European Commission had defined nuclear energy as green energy.  

Regarding coal plants, Ninova pointed out that Germany has reopened its closed coal plants for this winter because the country believes it won't be able to cope without them. "You are moving towards the closure of Bulgarian coal plants," Ninova said. She commented that some experts claim that Bulgaria will have to import some 2,300 MW per hour. 

Regarding the human factor, Ninova said it was a fact that thousands of jobs will be lost. "The fact is that you do not know what you are doing - first you proposed a state enterprise for the reclamation of the mines, then you gave it up," she said. 

The Socialists' leader was adamant that jointly the three parliamentary groups, GERB-UDF, CC-DB and MRF, pose a risk to national security.