Sofia Globe: Bulgaria facing EU sanctions over South Stream – Barroso

Outgoing European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that the EC was planning to begin infringement proceedings against Bulgaria for breaching EU laws in its agreements on the Kremlin-backed South Stream gas pipeline, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported on May 28.

At the informal European Council meeting late on May 27, Barroso told EU heads of government that the EC remains steadfast in its opinion that some of the intergovernmental agreements signed by member states with Russia to build South Stream were in contradiction with EU rules, BNR said.

The Commission was prepared to “take corresponding measures”, according to Barroso, who made the same point earlier on May 27 during a meeting with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, the report said.
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