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Prime Minister Galab Donev writes to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: Government is firmly committed to full implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan

23.12.2022

Prime Minister Galab Donev wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, to express gratitude to her for her high assessment of the quality of Bulgaria’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and of the progress achieved in its fulfilment. The Prime Minister thanked on behalf of the Government and on his personal behalf in response to the Commission President's letter from a week before where Ms. Ursula von der Leyen congratulated the Bulgarian Government on its first successful steps to fulfill the RRP and informed about the first disbursement of 1.37 billion euro to Bulgaria.

 

In his exchange of letters with the President of the European Commission, Prime Minister Galab Donev noted the Caretaker Government’s consistent effort and focus on the implementation of the next set of milestones and targets which include important steps in the areas of rule of law, anticorruption measures, procedures regarding energy efficiency, as well as investments aimed at improving the social and healthcare sectors and many others. In his letter, Prime Minister Galab Donev also confirmed the Bulgarian Government’s firm commitment to the full implementation of the National RRP and thanked Ms. Ursula von der Leyen for her assurance that as heretofore, the Bulgarian Government may count on beneficial collaboration with the European Commission.