Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Sofia today against the Bulgarian government in a series of unprecedented rallies in the country in recent years, where anger is focused on the 2026 budget, Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reported.
For the third time in three weeks, protesters gathered on "Independence" Square in front of the parliament in Sofia, with chants of "Resignation!" and posters with the inscriptions "Enough!" and "Get out!"
"I am here because corruption is everywhere. The situation is intolerable. "A lot of my friends don't live in Bulgaria anymore and they won't come back," said 24-year-old sales clerk Gergana Gelkova, adding that "the parasites must leave power."
The wave of discontent, with significant participation by young people, began in late November when the government tried to quickly adopt the 2026 budget, the first to be expressed in euros, at a time when the small Balkan country, the poorest in the European Union, is preparing to introduce the euro on January 1.