Reuters: GERB Pledges to Expand Energy Benefits, Kick-start Economy

Expanding energy benefits, unlocking frozen EU funding and boosting energy efficiency of old buildings were the key election pledges of GERB party on Sunday, Reuters said.

Reporting on the launch of GERB campaign for October 5 snap election, the news agency highlighted the party's promise to boost the struggling economy and improve the low living standards in the EU's poorest member.

In a Sofia-datelined story headlined "Bulgaria's centre-right party woos voters with energy subsidies" Reuters also highlighted GERB's pledges to back South Stream only in case the EU gave its approval for the Moscow-backed gas pipeline project and to review a deal with Westinghouse to build a new reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant.