Bulgaria has received 32 billion leva from European funds during the period of our country's membership in the European Union.
This is shown by the data from an analysis by the Institute for Market Economy, according to which the most money is spent on infrastructure, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.
Since 2007, every region in the country has spent the most European funds on the implementation of large infrastructure projects.
As an example of the most spent funds, Sofia is cited - with 6.2 billion leva, mainly for the expansion of the metro. Plovdiv follows - with 1.6 billion leva. for water supply and sanitation projects and Burgas - for the bypass road and modernization of public transport.
By the end of 2024, every municipality in the country will have absorbed at least 500 leva of European funds per capita, and at the top of the ranking are municipalities with ten times more funds relative to the population.
The leading municipalities are Malko Tarnovo, Byala (Varna region) and Svilengrad - with over 7 thousand leva per capita, and in Makresh, Kostinbrod, Hisarya, Belene and Belogradchik the funds paid under the operational programs are over 6 thousand leva per capita. Shortly after them in the ranking are the first municipalities - regional centers - Gabrovo and Vratsa, with just under 6,000 leva.
Small municipalities with limited administrative capacity absorb significantly fewer funds, even in places below 1,000 leva per capita on average.