2024-06-06 17:42:36
After wealthy and inexperienced Germany dotes its corporations with advantages for the sooner closing, we should struggle to be equal, the mayor of Stara Zagora is categorical
“The operation of the mining and vitality complicated “Maritsa-Iztok” is at present assured, individuals will have the ability to obtain their salaries usually,” stated the mayor of Stara Zagora, Zhivko Todorov, late yesterday after lunch in Radnevo. Collectively together with his fellow mayors from the area, he participated in a gathering with the performing Minister of Vitality Vladimir Malinov and with representatives of the commerce union organizations KNSB and KT Podkrepa”, experiences the press heart of the municipality.
The notification from the European Fee on admissible state help on the event of the 250 million BGN per yr accepted by the parliament for the reclamation of the mines for 4 years continues to be awaited, the minister stated. Nonetheless, he’s optimistic due to the constructive talks held with the Basic Directorate “Competitors” of the EC. Vladimir Malinov assured that miners and vitality staff is not going to be left with out wages within the occasion of a doable delay within the choice – they are going to be assured with a mortgage from BEH for 100 million BGN and with one other BGN 50 million from a business financial institution. And for the “Maritsa-East 2” thermal energy plant, portions of 300 megawatts are assured within the family vitality combine for the subsequent one yr. And this results in the related contract for the acquisition of coal from the mines, defined Minister Malinov.
“In follow, actually till a month in the past, these working within the complicated have been threatened with mass layoffs – one thing that won’t occur now, and it’s good that the minister got here to ensure it,” identified Zhivko Todorov. “As a result of BGN 250 million will enter the mines in yearly throughout the subsequent 4, individuals will likely be engaged in reclamation and can obtain their salaries, as greater than 60 % of this quantity will likely be spent on salaries, insurance coverage and social advantages,” famous the mayor of Stara Zagora.
He’s already optimistic, as a result of lastly the talks have began to be carried out from the underside up and to bear in mind the opinion of the commerce unions and people working within the “Maritsa-East” complicated. “The opposite constructive factor is that the “Maritsa-East 2″ TPP is assured to work till July 1 subsequent yr. After all, on this 1 yr we have now to consider what to do! We have now to show to the European Fee that we’re taking measures to have a smaller quantity of brown vitality for the photovoltaic initiatives with which the 2 corporations ought to apply”, informs Zivko Todorov.
“For the time being, the Program for the Growth of the Areas is beginning – you understand that each the commerce unions and the native authorities are taking part within the subcommittee. And with these initiatives that the 2 corporations will develop, they are going to set up photovoltaics, since BGN 3 million monthly is the consumption of electrical energy from “Mini Maritsa-east”. If photovoltaics are put in, these 3 million BGN may be saved. And this will likely be performed with European cash, the Bulgarian taxpayers is not going to give it, these funds is not going to come out of the funds”, stated Zhivko Todorov.
“Within the subsequent 1 yr, each corporations should work laborious to show to the EC that we’re taking all the required actions to scale back the carbon footprint,” added the mayor.
He commented on his latest go to to Germany to realize expertise – there they’ve adopted particular legal guidelines for the Inexperienced Transition, a regulation for early retirement of miners and for advantages. “The RWE firm alone may have 2 billion and 800 million euros paid by the state beneath an settlement between the state and the non-public firm. They compensate them as a result of they are going to shut earlier, the state allocates an extra 15 billion euros to be invested within the areas for varied initiatives. And there it’s completely regular for the state to help this sector – as a result of their exercise stops not due to business, however due to political selections, that is what they informed us,” Zhivko Todorov informed the media.
“And we as a rustic should struggle to be equal, as a result of the Germans can’t be extra European than us, and we be much less, and so they have the best to subsidize their corporations and provides them advantages, whereas we to marvel justify our request to the EC in the meanwhile. That is why I stated that the state has not lifted a finger lately, as a result of right here in follow they needed to shut your complete complicated with out serving to these individuals with a single penny. Even in Germany, which is the greenest and richest, they do not act like that!” concluded Zhivko Todorov.