According to Mr. Borisov, PP-DB is an obstacle to Bulgaria's admission to the eurozone. I come to repeat the facts. In order for Bulgaria to be admitted to the eurozone, it must meet the technical Maastricht criteria and have adopted legislation. This was said by the MP from "We continue the change - Democratic Bulgaria" acad. Nikolay Denkov to journalists in parliament.
Bulgaria was admitted to the waiting room in 2020, but from 2018 to today, for the first time, Bulgaria meets the inflation criterion. When Borisov was responsible for budgets, we did not meet the inflation criterion. And we are only now covering it, he specified.
Separately, in 2020 and 2022, there were convergence reports, which, in addition to inflation, noted problems with corruption and the dysfunctional justice system. Separately, the laws necessary for the eurozone were not adopted. Over the past 4 years, all obstacles have been removed - the legislation was adopted, with the budgets of Assen Vassilev we managed to cover the inflation criterion. Separately, we have the political will that we want to enter the eurozone, Denkov also said.
The main progress was in 2023. During our regular government, with the progress in the justice system, we received a convergent report, which said that only the technical criterion for inflation remains, the former prime minister also pointed out.
In March last year, there was a decision of the Eurozone and the European Council, which explicitly stated that Bulgaria meets all the requirements, only inflation is expected to be met. We have done our job, now it remains for the new regular government to fulfill its obligations. To request an extraordinary report, to implement the laws and to continue on the path, added Academician Denkov.
He also commented on the return of the Bulgarian sailors from the "Galaxy Leader".
"During the negotiations with the people who held our sailors, it was clearly stated that the outcome of the hostage drama depends on the negotiations between Palestine and Israel. There were diplomatic efforts. "The outcome we see today is the result of the peace agreement between Israel and Palestine," Denkov noted.