The Member of European Parliament – Vladimir Urutchev met with MGERB

23/11/09

“Every country is seeking a variety of energy sources. For countries such as France and Italy this means a pipeline with Russia and that’s why they rely on the “South Stream” project.” Russia is the biggest exporter of natural gas to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. We need to seek a different source – in the Caucasus region, Iran and the Middle East.”, this was stated by Vladimir Urutchev during his meeting with the Youth of GERB in Plovdiv, while they were taking part in a seminar entitled: “Strategic Public Management”. According to the expert - Bulgaria needs to differentiate its energy policy. A permanent solution to the problem is the “Nabucco” pipeline project, which is a priority. The project “South Stream” is very interesting for Bulgaria from an economical point of view, from which the country would have an economical effect of hundreds of millions of euro from the taxes. But in order for those takes to exist we need to uphold property, stated the MEP Vladimir Urutchev answering the youth’s questions. The “Nabucco” project would cost 15 milliard euros, whereas the “South Stream” project would cost 26 milliard euros. According to recent publications of western analyzers the “Nabucco” project might turn out to be a bluff, because there might not be enough gas for it. The opinion of the experts is that both of the projects rely on the Caspian region.

The boys and girls from MGERB also expressed interest about the future of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant. If the project was based on the right economical base there would have been no room for debate. The fatal mistake is that everything is predetermined and we need to find an investor, who would invest in a technology he does not know. The things are predetermined with the choice of equipment and technology. We need investors who would assess the risk of the project, choose the technology and determine the deadlines, said Vladimir Urutchev. The participants in the meeting discussed the future of the “Burgas – Alexandropolis” pipeline project, the use of rechargeable energy sources, the Lisbon Treaty and the election of the President of the European Council for over one hour with Vladimir Urutchev.

Another very important guest to MGERB’s Third Political Academy, other then Vladimir Urutchev was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov. He came under the invitation of the Chairwoman of MGERB and Member of Parliament in the 41st National Assembly – Monika Panayotova.