\u201cVazrazhdane\u201d will support the government\u2019s resignation but is simultaneously pushing for a major shift in Bulgaria\u2019s eurozone timetable, party leader Kostadin Kostadinov announced in Parliament today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will vote for the cabinet\u2019s resignation. But today, \u2018Vazrazhdane\u2019 will submit a draft resolution obliging the Council of Ministers to request a one-year postponement of Bulgaria\u2019s entry into the eurozone,\u201d Kostadinov told journalists in the parliamentary corridors.<\/p>\n
He recalled that under Article 5 of Bulgaria\u2019s EU Accession Treaty, signed in July 2005, Bulgaria and Romania were granted a special derogation regarding eurozone adoption.
\u201cThat derogation was revoked on July 8 by a decision of the European Parliament. However, we still have the right to request an extension until 1 January 2027 due to the force majeure situation,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Earlier today, supporters of \u201cVazrazhdane\u201d protested outside GERB\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n
According to Kostadinov, the force majeure conditions stem not only from the absence of an adopted state budget, but also from the ongoing inability to form a stable government.
\u201cWe cannot enter the eurozone in the middle of such instability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Asked about the most reasonable timing for the upcoming snap elections, Kostadinov pointed to the end of March.
\u201cIn my view, the upper limit is early April. Easter falls on 12 April, and the previous Sunday\u20145 April\u2014is Palm Sunday. Elections cannot be held then. So the best moment is late March, but it depends on how the President handles the mandate procedure,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cVazrazhdane\u201d will support the government\u2019s resignation but is simultaneously pushing for a major shift in Bulgaria\u2019s eurozone timetable,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-180870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}