Transport Committee

– Hello there! What a lovely weekend we just had—bright but chilly with the sun showing its teeth, and thankfully no rain (let’s see how long this lasts in November).

Hello, now we knew it, we wrote about it, but who believed us? Stefanos is still here, but it’s like he’s not here at all; poor guy got swallowed up by vested interests. Even the last “pillars” of Democracy—Liagas and Kainourgiou, who supported him—have started to…waver, kind of erased him.

The Transport Committee of the Sofia City Council is today considering the proposal of municipal councilors Zafir Zarkov, Carlos Contrera, Simeon Stavrev and Boris Bonev to improve service in ground transport in the capital.

The night public transport in Sofia will be restored in two stages.

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament on June 8 rejected the amendments to the Mobility package, introduced after its first reading, among which was the proposal of the Bulgarian MEPs to drop the return of lorries and drivers in the country.

Union of International Carriers and industry organizations from six other countries with a common position against discriminatory texts in the Mobility package.

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu, said on Thursday, regarding the rejection in the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs of Rovana Plumb's candidacy for the position of European Commissioner, that several steps must be taken and the vote in the European Parliament has not taken place yet, noting that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) hasn't got o

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament has today voted to open negotiations between Parliament, the European Commission and the Member States on the Mobility Package. This is another step along the path to accepting the package, known as the "Macron Package." Bulgarian MEPs believe that the transport industry in Bulgaria must make compromises.

EU Transport Ministers Council meets in Brussels today. Bulgarian Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov discusses with his colleagues the Mobility Package and the possible further actions of Bulgaria. The battle for reform in the Mobility Package has not been lost. This was announced by the Executive Director of the Union of International Carriers Yordan Arabadzhiev on BNT.

The Transport Committee in the European Parliament votes on the Mobility Package. On the Bulgarian side, there is a proposal to withdraw the controversial package from the work of this European Parliament.

MEP Andrey Novakov urges British MPs to abstain from voting because of the upcoming Brexit.

The Parliament elected Maria Belova as chairman of the Agricultural Commission in place of Desislava Taneva, who took over the post of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

Georgi Stankov became a member of the Committee on the Policies for Bulgarians Abroad. His place in the Defense Committee took Gemma Grozdanova.