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Bulgarian PM Borisov (middle) had a working breakfast with members of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo by DBIHK
Members of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBIHK) have handed the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov a list with 101 ideas for legislation amendments.
The list with recommendations to change a total of 24 Bulgarian laws was presented to Borisov Thursday by Bertram Rollmann, President of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Deutsch-Bulgarische Industrie- und Handelskammer) during a working breakfast, which also included Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev and German Ambassador to Bulgaria Matthias Hoepfner.
The 101 recommendations are mostly based on a comparison of the legislations in Bulgaria and Germany, and have been described as a response to Borisov call upon the German businessmen to support the realization of crucial reforms in the country. They refer mostly to tax, commercial, labor, and civic law as well as the regulation of the energy market and public procurement procedures.
The German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry suggests that the Bulgarian Constitution should be changed in order to allow physical and judicial persons to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court with respect to laws that violate their rights and freedoms. At present, this is allowed only to the President, the Ombudsman, the Council of Ministers, the Chief Prosecutor, the judges from the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court, and a group of at least 40 MPs.
The full list with the suggestions entitled "101 Ideas for an European Bulgaria" can be found on the website of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry HERE (in Bulgarian).
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