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Bulgarian nationalists protest government plans to adopt the euro currency
- Since January 2025, opponents in Bulgaria have held demonstrations against the government’s plan to adopt the euro currency.
- The protests stem from resurfaced memories of the 1996-1997 economic crisis marked by hyperinflation and bank failures, along with widespread disinformation and lack of information.
- The far-right Vazrazhdane party and pro-Russian President Rumen Radev have intensified opposition, calling for a referendum despite legal and political rejection of the proposal.
- Surveys show nearly half of Bulgarians oppose euro adoption amid fears of poverty, especially outside large cities, while officials emphasize the country’s institutional preparedness and a chosen euro coin design.
- The conflict suggests deep economic anxieties and mistrust in institutions in Bulgaria, indicating pro-European integration voices struggle amid persistent anti-EU sentiments and social divisions.
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134 Articles
Half of the Bulgarians will not be in the euro area, in a country where anger grows, fed up by nationalists and disinformation. "The adoption of the euro would mean carrying Titanic." Meanwhile, large stores are already starting to display prices and euro. The article changes money, the Lidl magazines will display prices and euro. The social networking reactions appear for the first time in Romania TV.
In Bulgaria, the introduction of the euro is planned from next year. Nationalist and pro-Russian forces, however, are calling for the defense of the familiar "Lev".
In Bulgaria, several thousand people have protested against the introduction of the euro in their country.
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