YEF 2017 - First Day: Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU – Opportunities and Threats

The EU impact on the city is huge, pointed out the Mayor and examined the benefits of Bulgarian membership in the EU, in particular for Sofia. She determined the young and well prepared people who have an important place in the realization of the European projects as the most important factor for the economic development of Sofia. Yordanka Fandakova examined the economic benefits of the European membership of our country and cited data of the Institute for Market Economics. According to them Sofia continues being the largest regional economy in Bulgaria. The city produces 40% of the GDP of the country and has the highest coefficient of employment – 72,5%, nearly 90% of employees are between 35 and 44 years old and 50% of them has higher education.