The Government action plan adopted in early September on restructuring Bulgaria's judiciary and the fight against organised crime and corruption was evidence of the Government's will to overcome its shortcomings in these problematic areas, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told diplomats of France, Germany and the US.

On September 29 2009, Borissov - who took office in July this year - held his first working meetings with French ambassador Etienne de Poncins, newly-appointed German ambassador Matthias Höpfner and ambassador John M. Ordway, chargé d’affaires of the US embassy.

Apart from the action plan, which is scheduled to span until December 2009, Borissov presented the package adopted by the Government to combat the economic crisis. This package has a time-frame from July 27 2009 to April 27 2010.

Borissov told Höpfner that talks with German utility RWE about completion of Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube were still continuing.

Selected to buy 49 per cent in the future project company, RWE has not committed any funding for the project and was reported by German media to be considering a complete withdrawal because of increasing costs.

"We are looking for the best possible scenario, because without having a clear financial framework, we can not take adequate decisions," Borissov said.

A day earlier, Borissov met RWE chief executive Juergen Grossman. After the meeting, Borissov said that RWE was not pulling out of the Bulgarian nuclear station at Belene.

"The German side wants to continue. When we are ready, we will give our verdict on the fate of the project by the end of October," Borissov said.