Jean-Claude Juncker

Bulgaria "won't be bargaining chip," says PM

BRUSSELS -- Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a bargaining chip in the relations between Russia and the West, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.

Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a coin in relations between Russia and the West, the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in Brussels on Wednesday evening.

Prior to meeting the EU's top officials on Thursday, Borisov discussed the demise of South Stream with Elmar Brok, who chairs the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is set to visit Brussels on Thursday, December 4, to meet EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The South Stream gas pipeline project, which Moscow is renouncing according to a statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be at the core of their discussions, Juncker was quoted by the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) as saying.

The Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed Bulgaria's support for the investment plan, which the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker had unveiled last week.

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EU Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources Kristalina Georgieva is due to hold talks with Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday.

Georgieva is set to make both Plevneliev and Borisov familiar with EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker's "investment package" worth more than EUR 300 B aimed at boosting Europe's economy.

The European Commission of Jean-Claude Juncker survived the vote of no confidence that was held in the European Parliament earlier today.

The European Union's executive is proposing a 315-billion euro ($380 billion) investment plan to boost the bloc's flagging economy, a scheme whose success will depend on leveraging 21 billion euros in guarantees and seed money to attract private funds.
     

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is set to announce what he describes as an investment package of EUR 315 B for the next three years.

The so-called "Investment Plan" is aimed at boosting the growth of EU economy by 0.7 to one percent and opening a million new jobs.

Pope Francis began a lightning visit to European institutions in Strasbourg on Tuesday where he was expected to call for a "tired" Europe hit by economic crises and surging nationalism to reclaim a leadership role.
     

The European Parliament will discuss on Monday the no-confidence motion against the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

It was tabled last week by the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group, which is chaired by Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).