CEZ: Czech Republic Calls Brussels for Help

Politics ♦ Published: February 25, 2013; 20:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

After the Czech energy group CEZ has lost its license in Bulgaria, the Czech government wants Brussels to put pressure on Sofia.

CEZ: Czech Republic Calls Brussels for Help / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In the last weeks, massive citizens´ protests in Bulgaria caused the government to cut the energy prices by 8% and to withdraw CEZ´s license. In the end, these measures were not sufficient. The government resigned en masse.

Many Bulgarians complained about the high energy prices before. The domestic energy market is controlled by the Czech companies “Energo Pro” and CEZ and…