Bulgaria: GERB Pushes to Scrap Controversial Water Meter Fee After Public Backlash

The GERB parliamentary group has announced plans to push for the repeal of the recently proposed amendments to the Water Supply and Sewerage Act, which introduced a contentious "water meter fee," according to Nikolay Nankov, chairman of the parliamentary regional policy committee.

The first reading of the draft law, submitted by the Council of Ministers, had earlier passed in the National Assembly. The bill proposed a new pricing system for water, requiring consumers to pay not only for the actual volume of water used but also a fixed service fee, akin to the pricing models for electricity and gas, regardless of consumption.

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