Deyan Nikolov: Bulgaria does not meet the criteria and the door to the Eurozone year will remain closed
We have asked Eurostat to come and check the work of NSIbecause people like Asen Vassilev they were trying to wait for a window of time so that they could, with light pressure, drop the criterion for inflation and Bulgaria to enter from January 1, 2025 in euro zoneso. This will not happen, and in June we will have the regular convergence report of the European Central Bank, which will show that Bulgaria does not meet the criteria and the door for euro zoneit will remain closed from January 1, 2025. This was stated by the metropolitan municipal councilor from “Revival” Deyan Nikolov in front of journalists in the parliament.
“What the Euro-Atlantic parties will most likely try to do is to ask for an extraordinary convergence report that every country is entitled to. We could ask for one next year, but they wanted to do it in the fall when possible inflationit may be below the relevant values, but this is unlikely to happen’Nikolov added.
He explained that there is also a problem with the budget deficit.
Politicsthe one who led Asen Vassilevhas led to structural problems with the budget and I have information that it is very likely that Eurostat will calculate that for 2023 the deficit on a cash basis of Bulgaria was not below 3 percent, he pointed out.
When asked Bulgaria will be ready to enter the euro zoneso Deyan Nikolov replied that this could happen “after the year 2043.”
