Government policies in the last three years were pro-inflationary – high social spending and zero reforms that led to high inflation and impoverishment of people.
This is what former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev told NOVA NEWS.
"Every time Asen Vassilev hands over the Ministry of Finance to his successor, the same thing is repeated. The money has been spent and the new ministers say the situation is very dire. In three and a half years, Vassilev increased the state debt by BGN 20 billion. Budgetary spending is not an economic policy," he pointed out.
The former deputy prime minister is of the opinion that tax collection will not increase. Vassilev described the management of the previous regular government as “fairy tales, few ideas, almost no work done”.
The financier said that for the country to enter the Eurozone, there must be a strong political will. He explained that the reason for the delay is that Bulgaria has entered the so-called “grey list“ for money laundering to finance international terrorism.