After Bulgaria joins the Schengen area and the Eurozone we expect the GDP to go up by 5% in the first 1-2 years, said Minister of Economy Bogdan Bogdanov for public service TV BNT. He pointed out that the most important mission for 2024 remains accession to the Schengen area by land.
The State Consolidation Company, SCC, comprises 16 companies, Minister Bogdanov said further. The SCC has put up many of these companies as collateral for credits, among them LB Bulgaricum, the Institute for Military Research in Kazanlak, Kintex, Avionams. “Kintex is even on the list of companies which cannot be put up for privatization,” Bogdan Bogdanov said. “How can we shut down the State Consolidation Company at a time these companies have been put up as collateral and can be sold off? Our aim is to get them released,” Minister Bogdanov said.
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