"The eurozone is expanding, last month I announced support for the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria and today we continued the process by confirming the lev-euro exchange rate, which will be finally determined by the EU Council for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) tomorrow."
This was stated by the President of the Eurogroup (the eurozone countries) Pascal Donahue at a press conference after today's meeting of the finance ministers of the eurozone in Brussels.
"The international role of the euro reflects the economic strength of the eurozone. The eurozone continues to expand," Donahue noted.
Tomorrow, ECOFIN is scheduled to vote in the afternoon on the last three decisions related to the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria from January 1 next year.
Before that, the European Parliament in Strasbourg will also make a statement, voting on a report with a recommendation that our country be accepted into the eurozone from the beginning of next year.