Bulgaria’s pro-European opposition has tabled a declaration committing the country to join the Eurozone on 1 January 2026, challenging the government to reaffirm its commitment to its deadline, amid suggestions of a referendum on the issue.
The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition, called for Parliament to restate
Bulgarian ex-prime minister Boyko Borissov’s conservative, pro-EU GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) party garnered approximately 25% of the votes in Bulgaria’s 7th general election in 4 years on Sunday, 27 October, falling well short of a majority to rule independently.
An exit poll by local firm
One-third of the EU-27 member states held local or national elections in tandem with the European Parliament ballot on June 6-9. Of these, three were countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
Romania’s June 9 local elections saw 41 county council president and 3,176 mayor