I don't follow them (politicians - n.b.) that much, because, like everyone average Bulgarian, I know what they will say. I don't see that anything new and serious has been sounded. We'll have to see what they do because a lot of talk has been going on. This is what he said in the show "Face to Face" on bTV diplomat and former deputy prime minister Meglena Plugchieva in response to a question about whether there will be a regular government after the early parliamentary elections on October 27.
Let's see what happens after the elections. There must be a regular government, because there is a breakdown in the entire socio-economic and political life in our country, said Plugchieva.
If there is no regular government, it is not clear how the next year's budget will be formed. Management cannot continue "piecemeal" with a caretaker government, she added.
If you ask a minister why he doesn't have reforms and a vision for the future, he shrugs his shoulders and says that he can't do anything in that direction because he doesn't know how long he will be in office. This diabolical circle is closing, and the state reigns in chaos and inefficiency, emphasized Meglena Plugchieva.
We are totally behind in the use of euro funds, that's why the European Central Bank gave us a yellow card, and the European Commission gave us a red card. Not only are we behind on the Recovery Plan, but this will affect the national budget as well. You have to get down to earth and see what happens. The situation is alarming in all sectors of the economy. This cannot continue like this, the former deputy prime minister pointed out.
There is no predictability either in domestic or foreign policy terms. What kind of Schengen are we waiting for? And we don't know if Schengen will be alive as an agreement next year, because the member states are breaking the rules by using a clause for the extraordinary closing of the border for six months, noted Plugchieva.
In her words, in view of the victory of the far-right in the parliamentary elections in Austria, in Europe there should be "sobering and listening to the voice of the citizens".