Summary The motion was expected to be put to a vote this week but was unlikely to pass for lack of support.
SOFIA (AFP) - Bulgaria s opposition filed on Saturday a fourth no-confidence motion against the government in just a year, criticising its poor management of energy issues, including the lack of progress on a planned pipeline deal with Russia.
The motion was expected to be put to a vote this week but was unlikely to pass for lack of support.
Conservative GERB party leader Boyko Borisov, who had to step down as prime minister last year following mass anti-poverty protests, said the motion was due to the government s "failure to manage energy matters".
Among other things, he said the government had failed to start construction on the controversial South Stream gas pipeline which will bring Russian gas to Europe.
Last month, the European parliament called for the pipeline project to be stopped as part of EU sanctions against Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine.
Bulgaria, which relies almost entirely on Russia for its natural gas, has shown no desire however to give up the project and Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has said construction will begin next summer.
The government last faced a no-confidence vote in February after the opposition accused it of failing to reform the country s security sector and to tackle a mass influx of refugees, including from Syria.
