The Parliament will open its plenary week with a discussion of three important bills that will affect the protection of civil rights and social policy.
Among them, the focus will be an amendment to the Protection from Discrimination Act, submitted by the Council of Ministers.
The changes will increase fines for discrimination. The minimum sanctions will be from 40 to 100 euros, fines for serious violations will reach 2,000 euros, and for more serious cases, fines between 500 and 5,000 euros will be imposed.
The bill will require prior consent of individuals for specific treatment, to ensure that there are no violations of their personal rights. The European Union's equal treatment directives will also be introduced, which will cover protection from discrimination on grounds of race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation.
The MPs will also discuss the bill on social policy and support for vulnerable groups, which will introduce new mechanisms for social assistance and programs for the integration of people with disabilities.
The new bill on public transport, submitted by the Council of Ministers, will also be discussed at first reading. It aims to modernize public transport in the country, as well as introduce a single transport document. It is planned to build an intelligent public transport management system with a single ticket system and a clearing system for distributing revenues between carriers.
This week is also expected to be decisive for the law on the extended budget. The DPS-New Beginning proposed a 5 percent increase in salaries for workers at the “Bulgarian Post“.