The European Commission will become sober and project
for the fact that the project of gas pipeline " South stream " all the same will take place declare such arguments that it is very profitable for Bulgaria, And that will change the composition of the European Commission, said the head of the national energy security Fund Konstantin Simonov.
The situation surrounding the construction of the gas pipeline " South stream " in Bulgaria changes daily, said Simonov. On Sunday, June 8, was the message of Prime Minister of Bulgaria about the fact that it stops the same decision is taken by Serbia. On the first day of the week by the afternoon, first Prime Minister of Serbia denied the report, and then Minister of energy of Bulgaria in the evening said that the project is retained its relevance and priority for Bulgaria.
" I still think there's a pretty good chance that this project be implemented, " said Simonov Center of power expertise.- we Nord stream also proved difficult, moreover, With more than anti-Russian countries, for example, with Sweden, which was to coordinate environmental procedure. Anyway, it happened With them common language to discover ".
In addition to the interests of the European Union, " who got it into his head that any of the Russian projects dangerous and from Russia should be abandoned at any price and under any pretext ", " there is a desire, that is, Bulgaria that suggest that the project will have to grapple with 2 hands, said Simonov." Bulgaria became a transit country and completely removes the risks of not receiving gas in winter. In January 2009, when we had to disable the Ukraine, the transit to the European Union, too, was discontinued for a few days, Bulgaria realized that this winter be without gas Transit... money and reliability of supplies is a serious arguments ", - explained the expert.
This, According to Simonov, aware and current Prime Minister of Bulgaria." If At the present time because of " the southern stream " will be fresh elections, it is simply impossible to explain to the voter that he stopped the project, which objectively best of Bulgaria. Bulgaria today has the lowest average wage in the EU Is the most depressed region for the EU. And to explain to people that threw every year 2, 5 billion dollars for the transit of money, I think, impossible, " he said.
" I think the project will be, " said Simonov, The more than currently is updated and the composition of the European Commission. Then there is hope that literally " frostbitten citizens ", say, head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, will leave their offices. If the head of the EC will, for example, Jean-Claude Juncker, whose candidature for this post was supported by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, there are chances that There will be more than a pragmatic approach ".
However, misspoke Simonov, when Gunther Oettinger has become the European Commissioner for energy, " were also positive expectations in connection With the Fact, It's German, but this German was worse last of the Baltic "." here, too, to renounce it is impossible, but I think Juncker not more politicized and more pragmatic people. Given the fact that Parliament is currently strong position of the Euro-skeptics, I hope that some sobering be, " concluded the head of the national energy security Fund.
in the framework of the project " South stream " on the area of southern and Central Europe is being built the pipeline with the capacity of more than 60 billion cubic meters of gas per year to supply gas bypassing Ukraine. The first deliveries are required to begin by the end of 2015, And the designed capacity - in 2018.
in early summer, the EC said on the proposal at the time to stop for a while construction of the gas pipeline " South stream " because of its discrepancy to norms of the 3rd energy package. The message the EC followed the treatment of head of the government of Ukraine of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who tried to persuade the European Union to block " South stream ".
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