“For ten years I have been travelling across Bulgaria, stopping in villages and visiting small shops. What has changed in the last three months is that debts in shopkeepers’ notebooks are now in euro,” Progressive Bulgaria leader Rumen Radev said at a meeting in Dupnitsa, quoted by the party.
He criticized the caretaker government for allocating EUR 17 million for military support related to the war in Ukraine amid inflation and a fuel crisis, without sufficient public mandate.
Radev called on voters to seek accountability in the April 19 elections and questioned Bulgaria’s involvement in defence cooperation with countries at war.
He also argued that the euro introduction in the country has not delivered the promised price stability, pointing instead to rising prices and lack of adequate safeguards.
Radev said his party offers a detailed programme with concrete measures, unlike opponents relying on slogans.
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