Trend: At junction of interests: choice of Southern Corridor route

Many leading politicians and economists from around the world are unanimous that the main problem of the European Union is the poor integration in the management and imbalance in the economies of member countries, which, in particular, prevents the EU from overcoming the economic crisis and debt crisis of the Euro Area. Too slow decision-making related to the overly cumbersome legislative regulation and the presence of a large bureaucracy - these factors make the EU awkward subject of relations compared for example with bilateral partnership. This was clearly demonstrated last fall by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov who concluded a deal in Baku to supply 1 billion of gas annually by 2015, and demonstrated, he said, to Europe, how it is possible to deal with Azerbaijan.  MORE