BCCI President Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov Requested More Information from the European Parliament on Business Related Matters

BCCI President Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov met with MEP Mr. Ivaylo Kalfin – former Minister of Foreign Affairs, in order to discuss the matter of Bulgaria’s European integration, with an emphasis on the absorption of EU funds, which was evaluated as still unsatisfactory.

All additional measures taken to improve the access to EU funding and the absorption of EU funds were considered. During the meeting, the work of Bulgarian parliamentarists was discussed, and more precisely the possibility of Bulgarian business to be better informed. Mr. Kalfin is Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control with the European Parliament.

The two parties agreed that an increased activity by the Bulgarian entrepreneurs is needed in order to monitor more closely the processes discussed and the decisions adopted by the European institutions. In this way, it will be possible to express positions on the new acts adopted by the EP in due time and the interests of Bulgarian citizens and the economic players in the Union will be better protected.