Bulgaria’s New Coalition and the Future of South Stream
... circumvent Ukraine and deliver Russian gas to Italy and Central Europe. Many governments in the region are under pressure both from Gazprom and from the European Commission: the Russian gas giant is pressuring governments to build the pipeline, while the European ... ... European Commission threat of initiating infringement procedures. Bulgarian tenders for building the pipeline did not fulfill European Union criteria, and the project itself was not in line with the EU’s Third Energy Package stipulating third-party ...