Bulgaria was expected to become the 21st member of Eurozone, the schedule’s opponents on Saturday prepared for the final fight to change the schedule.
Thousands gathered on a central class in the city Sophia The plan to oppose the government is a plan to adopt the euro and demand a referendum on the new currency. European Union Green lights have been given to Bulgaria so that the euro can start from 1 January.
Protesters led by civic groups, nationalists and pro-Russian parties are known for opposition to the euro, announced that after the rally they intend to set up a tent on the central class, describing the “city of Lev” after the national currency.
A huge banner hung on a platform for speakers, which read that “the fight for Bulgarian Lev is the final battle for Bulgaria.”
Russian-supporter Wazarazhden Party leader Costadin Costadinov told the protesters that the country would be taken away from his currency.
“Someone else will decide how we spend our money, will be approved by Bulgarian budget European Central Bank“He said.” It is an anti -state coup, it is treason. ,
Costadinov announced that MPs from Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary have joined the event to support the protest.
Next to the demonstration, Vajrazahdane submitted a resolution for the voting of mistrust in the current government in Parliament, alleging that it was accused of failing to restore the stability for public finance and to work for the euro to work for force.
Parliament will vote on the proposal next week, but the EU government alliance is expected to survive.
The Balkan country joined the European Union in 2007 and is now at the last stretch of its reception for Eurozone. The final institutional obstacle is the approval from both the European Parliament and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Strasbourg, which is scheduled for July 8.
These steps come later European Union On January 1, 2026, Bulgaria, who joined Eurozone, gave his clear support.
During its membership of its nearly two decades long European Union, Bulgaria has been plagued with political instability and corruption, which has given air to eurosepticism among its 6.4 million citizens.
Now, the score of false claims by Eurozone opponents is published on social networks, which feed the possibility of economic changes that they say that can bring more poverty.
Economists say that joining the euro will not bring a big change in the Bulgaria economy in the short term. This is because the government has assumed currency to the euro by law at a fixed rate of 1 lev for every 51 Eurochent every 51 Eurochent.