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The President opened the first session of the Regional Development and National Infrastructure Council. The Council outlined the priorities for regional development to be financed from the Cohesion Fund and European Regional Development Fund in the period 2014-2020.

In his first address to Parliament, the President summarized the results of the “month of political consultations” that he initiated

“It is time that the leaders of South Eastern Europe agree on priorities in the field of security – who will specialise in which areas, and on which projects work will be done together. I am ready to initiate the holding of such a meeting in Bulgaria,” President Rosen Plevneliev today told participants in an international conference entitled “Smart Defence - Pooling and Sharing: Eastern European view on Multinational and Innovative Approaches to Capability Development.”

President Rosen Plevneliev called for amendments to the Law on Investment Promotion and a more active role for InvestBulgaria Agency. Speaking to Italian entrepreneurs in Rome, the President highlighted Bulgaria’s priorities as modern infrastructure, the need for large-scale program to improve energy efficiency and preservation of strict and predictable fiscal policy.