January 2026 is the more realistic date for Bulgaria’s admission to the Eurozone, Cintia Alcidi from the Brussels Center for the Study of European Politics told Politico. Experts and politicians with whom the publication spoke are convinced that the goal of adopting the euro on January 1 next year will not be metinformed BNR.
Russian-funded disinformation is among the causes the decreased public support in Bulgaria for the adoption of the euro, the article claims. Our country will not enter the Eurozone from January next year, not only because of the political upheavals, but also because persistent inflation and lack of public support.
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Some Bulgarian political leaders, including the governor of the BNB, allow this to happen in the middle of 2025. At the same time, officials and experts related to the technical aspects of the accession state that mid-year entry is atypical.
The European Central Bank’s next report on Bulgaria, which should determine whether it is ready, is expected before the summer.
In order for Bulgaria to join, she should not exceed by more than 1.5 percentage points the three best performing EU countries. According to Zholt Darvash from the Bruegel think tank, our country is otherwise in a good budgetary position.
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According to him, the current inflation forecast of 2.9% in 2025 shows that the country could enter the Eurozone in 2026. However, Darvash adds that there is room for maneuver and the “grey zone” that allowed Croatia to join in 2023 could be used to shorten the deadline for Bulgaria. But this must be justified.
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