site.btaOur Pro-Euro Choice Was Made 35 Years Ago, DRF Floor Leader Says

Commenting on President Rumen Radev’s proposal to the National Assembly for a referendum on Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro, Democracy, Rights and Freedoms (DRF) Floor Leader Dzhevdet Chakarov said that their "comment and choice in favour of the euro was made 35 years ago". "Our Euro-Atlantic orientation has always been definitive – both when we have been in government and when we have been in opposition," he noted. Chakarov made his statement to reporters during a visit to the village of Karamantsi in the Haskovo Region on Saturday.

"Our goal is clear, and we declared it back when we withdrew from the ruling coalition and the parliamentary majority. However, it is also necessary to examine the motives behind this request [for a referendum]. Let us wait for the convergence report – it is important to see the financial framework from the position of European financial institutions. After that, our party’s collective body will discuss and decide our position, but our orientation is definitively Euro-Atlantic," Chakarov emphasized.