FOREIGN COMPETITION
German, Italian, Spanish and French companies are trying to push Bulgarian companies out of the big infrastructure projects because there is no enough of work in the European Union for them after the money for the improvement of infrastructure have been cut in half. Because of this, the companies from Western Europe focus on Bulgaria and other countries in Eastern Europe. Another market for them is South America but the opportunities there also decrease. Despite the suspended funding for infrastructure by the European Commission there are a few high value projects in Bulgaria: the modernization of the railway Plovdiv-Svilengrad, amounting to 340 million euros and the railway Vidin-Sofia (320 million euros), the Struma Highway (600 million euros), the Maritsa Highway (210 million euros) and E-79 Highway from Vratsa to Botevgrad (85 million euros).
