site.btaVazrazhdane to Not Back Radev Cabinet over Ideological Differences

The Vazrazhdane parliamentary group will not support the Rumen Radev cabinet because of ideological differences, Floor Leader Kostadin Kostadinov said in Parliament on Friday. He spoke during a debate on the cabinet line-up proposed by Progressive Bulgaria. "We want Bulgaria to be a sovereign and independent state, to have its own currency and a strong economy, and for Bulgarian citizens to return to Bulgaria rather than leave," he noted.

Vazrazhdane will continue to present an alternative model for Bulgaria’s development - one in which the country can build its own alliances and become a regional hub of influence, he added. 

At the beginning of his speech, Kostadinov recalled Radev’s statement from May 9, 2025, when as president at the time he said he would propose to Parliament a referendum on the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria in 2026. "Citizens’ trust in institutions has been lost in recent years. Prime minister-designate Rumen Radev announced that the political crisis is over, but in my opinion, it will end when the institutions regain the trust of the sovereign. I do not know how that will happen, however, when Radev says one thing in 2025 and another in 2026," Kostadinov said. According to him, there can be no sovereignty without a sovereign financial system. "Money is the foundation of the State, after the people, and our money is no longer ours. Bulgaria is no longer an independent state," Kostadinov argued.  

Regarding Radev’s statement that Bulgaria would work toward membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Kostadinov described the OECD as one of the spearheads of the globalist world order. "These were also the stated goals of GERB, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and Continue the Change. Against this backdrop, his statement omitted the biggest problem - Bulgaria’s citizens are disappearing. We heard nothing about the demographic catastrophe, but instead heard talk of digital transformation. So Bulgaria could become the first digital state without real people, only digital ones," the Vazrazhdane leader added.