Often in the posts on this blog of ours we want to underline the importance of the fact that Bulgaria has now belonged to the European Union since 2007. A significant detail, especially for those who, from Italy, decide to move their business here to take advantage of the very low taxation and equally low cost of work (and living). A detail, that of joining the EU, which is "particularly" important to those who produce goods of any kind in Bulgaria. Yes because, once produced, like any self-respecting entrepreneur, the next step should be to export them out of Bulgaria to larger markets such as the Italian market itself, or the German one or the French one. Well, thanks to the fact that Bulgaria is an EU state for all intents and purposes, these exports are not subject to controls or customs duties, with a notable saving on logistics costs and, therefore, also greater competitiveness on the price of the product you go to offer.
Today, however, Bulgaria's membership of the European Union also brings a second dose of good news. Yes, because just in recent days the European Commission gave its first green light to Bulgaria's "Recovery and Resilience Plan". This is a subsidy plan of 6.3 billion euros which will be paid by the Union in favor of Bulgaria. The plan, discussed until the beginning of 2022, envisages that out of a total of 6.3 billion, approximately 59% will be used to achieve energy modernization objectives through three main actions: decarbonisation in energy production, through the implementation of networks new and sustainable transport systems and by improving the energy efficiency of public and private buildings.
But energy will not be the only area of action. Bulgaria's Recovery and Resilience Plan plans to dedicate almost 2 billion euros to the digital world. Here too the objectives are very ambitious and concern two aspects in particular: the first is that relating to training through the collective improvement of digital skills at a national level. The second instead concerns the digitalisation of public administration also through the implementation of new telecommunications networks with high transmission capacity such as fiber and 5G.
