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Investments under Juncker Plan exceed 250 B euro, Bulgaria second as per investments attracted

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On Friday the European Commission presented latest figures from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) which is the basis of the Investment Plan for Europe known as the Juncker Plan.

According to European Commission statistics this plan is expected to encourage European investments likely to exceed 251.6 billion euro. The deals approved under the EFSI plan are to the tune of 49.6 B euro in the form of direct financing and have been concluded in all 28 member countries of the European Union.

Financing of Bulgaria approved by the European Investment Bank via the EFSI fund was to the tune of 344 million euro, and provided financial guarantees are expected to activate investments worth the total of 1.561 billion euro. This places Bulgaria second among all EU member states in terms of activated investments via EFSI.




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