Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said that the country should set priority on innovations in the sphere of human spare parts.

Speaking in Parliament on Friday, he shed light on the key points of the government's agenda for its remaining two years in office at the request of Yane Yanev, leader of the marginal conservative Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party.

"We must try to achieve something in the sphere of innovations. I can see Bulgaria making a breakthrough in the sphere of spare parts for humans because the country boasts outstanding specialists in the sphere. This is the future," Borisov argued, emphasizing the global importance of issue.

"Halfway through our tenure in office, Bulgarians realized what we are trying to accomplish. In this respect, we receive substantial support from the evening news on a daily basis. Regardless of Prime Ministerial reshuffles across Europe, the first thing that gets said at press conferences is "Yes, it will hurt. There will be massive cuts –pensions, wages, you name it," the Prime Minister announced.

He also spoke about two other priority tasks on the Cabinet's agenda, the construction of wastewater treatment plants and the implementation of the e-government project.

Borisov noted that while Bulgaria relied extensively on tourism for its development, it had to make sure that resorts were equipped with a sufficient number of wastewater treatment facilities.

He assured that the government had concentrated its efforts on coordinating the matter with the European Commission so that EU funds could be used "to start the new season with a clean sea."

The measures also applied to mountain resorts and major cities on rivers, the Prime Minister added.

Regarding the introduction of the e-government, he said that a lot had got done piecemeal in the past years.

Borisov explained that the idea behind the project was to consolidate the systems of the different ministries and agencies so as to allow real-time data exchange between them.

In the meantime, outgoing President Georgi Parvanov defined innovations as a key priority "which needs as much financial resources as10 kilometers of highways."

Parvanov's statement was made at the opening of a round table titled 'Electronic Infrastructures: The New Highways of Bulgaria's European Development" held at his initiative and organized by the Leadership Academy, the University of  National and World Economy and the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".

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