{"id":8007,"date":"2025-12-05T10:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/2025\/vigenin-and-penkova-organise-a-public-debate-on-the-eus-next-long-term-budget-and-the-opportunities-for-bulgaria\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:53:54","slug":"vigenin-and-penkova-organise-a-public-debate-on-the-eus-next-long-term-budget-and-the-opportunities-for-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/en\/2025\/vigenin-and-penkova-organise-a-public-debate-on-the-eus-next-long-term-budget-and-the-opportunities-for-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigenin and Penkova organise a public debate on the EU&#8217;s next long-term budget and the opportunities for Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8007\" class=\"elementor elementor-8007 elementor-5248\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eec2ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eec2ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vigenin and Penkova organise a public debate on the EU's next long-term budget and the opportunities for Bulgaria<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf100f elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"ecf100f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-0cb2b69 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-id=\"97da24a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51f234f\" data-id=\"51f234f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a7015 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"27a7015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c737ee2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c737ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The delegation of Bulgarian Socialists in the European Parliament is organising a public discussion on the topic &#8220;Bulgaria and the new European budget 2028-2034: goals and opportunities&#8221;, which will take place on 8 December 2025 (Monday) from 10:00 at the Grand Hotel Sofia, &#8220;Sofia&#8221; hall, floor 2, 1 Gurko Street. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The discussion is devoted to<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> the EU&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> next long-term budget for the 2028-2034 period, which will set the direction of the Union&#8217;s development<\/span><span class=\"s4\"><\/span><span class=\"s4\"> over the next decade. The participants will discuss the upcoming changes, the strategic priorities and Bulgaria&#8217;s position in shaping the new budget policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The forum will bring together representatives of the European institutions, the executive and the legislature, local government, academia and the expert community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The event will be opened by the Vice-President of the Republic of Bulgaria Iliana Yotova and by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria and chairman of the National Council of the BSP Atanas Zafirov. It will be attended by the deputy chair of the National Assembly Dragomir Stoynev, the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Ivanov, the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivan Krastev, the mayor of Gotse Delchev and member of the Bulgarian delegation to the Committee of the Regions Vladimir Moskov, representatives of the administration of the Council of Ministers <\/span><span class=\"s4\">and<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> of the Ministry of Finance<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> <\/span><span class=\"s4\">responsible for European programming<\/span><span class=\"s4\">. There will also be participants from <\/span><span class=\"s4\">the academic community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e021b56 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e021b56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-612c3c3\" data-id=\"612c3c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section 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