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“Galab Donev said that many European Union member states chose to first invest Recovery and Resilience Facility funds and then implement reforms in order to absorb the funds faster.”
Available reporting indicates Donev did make this point in substance, contrasting Bulgaria’s approach with other EU states that moved investments first and reforms later to speed RRF absorption. Independent EU and audit sources support that broader pattern. The main limitation is that the attribution relies on a secondary paraphrase rather than a primary verbatim record.
“Galab Donev said that previous Bulgarian governments decided that allocation of money under Bulgaria's EU Recovery and Resilience Plan would be preceded by reforms on which the funds depend.”
The evidence does not support the attribution to Galab Donev. Reliable sources show that EU Recovery and Resilience funding is generally conditional on reforms and milestones, but no source here records Donev saying previous Bulgarian governments made that decision. The only Donev-specific source cited does not report him discussing the plan’s funding conditions at all.