CITUB: Prepare mass layoffs in enterprises – ᐉ News from Fakti.bg – Bulgaria

“Some new projects were added to the Recovery Plan. There were a lot of problems in the energy sector. The changes that were made last were at our suggestion, but also at some views of the cabinet. Our proposals were related to this state-owned reclamation plant, which The important thing is to make it an opportunity for the miners to continue working on reclamation activities “, commented the President of CITUB Plamen Dimitrov.

During the meeting with the Prime Minister, Minister Zhivkov and Atanas Pekanov during the protest agreed on some key things.

“One is this state-owned enterprise that will be able to receive money from the Fair Transition Fund, which will make work cheaper. We have received the consent of the Prime Minister that the horizon in which there will be coal mining is twenty years, “he clarified.

Dimitrov told Bulgaria ON AIR that 2040 will be the horizon in which a number of steps will have to be taken. But until then, there will be measures that can ensure that there is coal mining.

According to him, the factors for the high electricity prices are external. “Prices are prohibitive for anyone business and enterprise. There are already requests that mass layoffs are being prepared in large enterprises. To close, “Dimitrov said.

According to him, the forecast for 5% inflation will most likely be reached and slightly exceeded.

“Obviously, the government is late with the measures on electricity prices. It took a long time to think. Two months have already been lost. Yes, compensatory mechanisms must be taken out. They go through the distribution of these profits that state-owned enterprises have accumulated from CITUB proposal – whether it is possible to prevent the accumulation of such profits and to ensure through the respective order that the state-owned enterprises sell to NEK and NEK gives of the industry at these prices for the domestic market, sufficient as a volume of energy to bring the price down as a whole, “Dimitrov explained.

He added that one of the key demands of the business protest, which will take place on Tuesday in Sofia, is to make the necessary changes by the end of the month.

“The household consumer has an increase in all goods and services, we want compensatory packages for socially vulnerable groups. BGN 460 poverty line to be determined from December 1. This fall all vulnerable consumers to benefit from energy subsidies,” Dimitrov added.

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