The regular report of The European Commission on the readiness of EU member states that do not use the euro to join the currency union is analytical, it is not a decision on Bulgaria's membership.
This is what Nikola Yankov, former Deputy Minister of Economy and executive head of the economic team of Blue Bulgaria, said on the air of Euronews Bulgaria.
According to this report, our country fulfills all the criteria for membership, with the exception of the inflation criterion.
Nikola Yankov explained that the report does not close the door for Bulgaria to join the Eurozone, even with a strong political effort, our country has not yet lost its chances to join as early as January 2025.
„This finance minister, like the previous ones, did nothing to ensure a positive political solution for Bulgaria's membership. Croatia was admitted to the Eurozone with a debt-to-GDP benchmark unfulfilled, and unfulfilled by a lot. However, she was accepted without any problem. Bulgaria has much better parameters than Croatia and a much better prerequisite for becoming a member of the Eurozone, but no Bulgarian government in the last three years has done what is necessary to ensure the political solution for this," Yankov also commented.< /p>