Bulgarians have their say in Sunday's referendum, whether to build a new nuclear power plant, also be regarded as the European Union member states and Russia the poorest of the relationship between the choice of barometer.
The vote is called the socialist in efforts to force the government to change its decided to cancel the deal with Russia. Although public opinion polls show that low turnout vote on legal and effective, and it is regarded as important Bulgarian relationship opinion as a measure of preview this year's election.
The pro-western government's prime minister minister BoYiKe · borisov last march to cancel the deal with Russia Atomstroyexport a 2000 mw nuclear power plants in the northern town of the Belene nuclear, think, estimated cost up to ?10 billion ($13 billion) is unbearable cash shortage country, and quoted the lack of western investors.
The government announced that reduce the country's almost completely relies on Russia's energy strategy analyst associated with the decision.
Russian company puts forward one hundred million euros ($1.3 billion) compensation claim the paris-based international arbitration court.
The opposition socialist party, who had in 2008, signed the agreement, collected nearly 545000 valid signature across half all mark, automatic trigger referendum. They call voting Sunday is also got smaller nationalist party.
Bulgaria in the fall of communism in 1989 first referendum, because there is polarization opinion, along the party's line, turn it into early July election popular degree of test.
Analysts expect, the most important vote week will each faction's iron supporters, low turnout, referendum is invalid.
Alpha research institute said earlier this week, is expected to $21000 and 1.6 6.9 million eligible voters in the referendum vote - with a far lower than the threshold of the 4 million tickets to verify.
Since the 1970 s, Bulgaria operation in this department's du Iraq nuclear power plant, of which four were closed 6 units as the country to join the European Union in 2007, one of the conditions of admission. The rest of the two 1000 megawatts of reactor safety mining terms, in 2017 and 2021 years left.
Sticking to the principle of diversification policy, the government is considering a new nuclear power units in this department's du Iraq, and has obtained the American company Westinghouse electric company's contract is the installation of an additional reactor feasibility study.
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