“Bulgaria is making good progress in absorbing the EU funds”, said EU Regional Development Commissioner Johannes Hahn on 27 September at a meeting with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.
"Since 2009, Bulgaria has started catching up on EU funds absorption," commented the EU Commissioner.
"If Bulgaria keeps up this rate, that would be excellent," he added.
Mr. Hahn said that his talks with Bulgarian PM Oresharski were concentrated on the finalization of the ongoing EU programing period, and planning for the upcoming 2014 – 2020 period.
"In the coming programing period, structural funds will be mainly directed towards the economy, including in particular innovations and youth policies," said the commissioner.