site.btaDemocracy, Rights and Freedoms Urges Informed EUR Adoption, Blasts Government’s Silent Campaign

Bulgaria’s switch to EUR must rest on informed public choice and institutional integrity, the Democracy, Rights and Freedoms (DRF) parliamentary group said in a statement read by MP Mario Rangelov on Wednesday.

Rangelov said DRF will run a responsible, transparent and pro-European campaign for entry into the eurozone on January 1, 2026, working through direct contact with citizens and in respect of institutions.

The statement argues that, instead of a professional information drive, the government has shown “professional arrogance” bordering on contempt, or simply “silence and disregard”. DRF noted that public discourse has been replaced by political posturing, calling this a failure of the government’s communication policy. The group asked whether people and businesses genuinely feel ready to adopt the single currency on January 1, 2026.

DRF concluded that these questions are met not with arguments but with a fear of meeting people’s gaze, a fear stemming from the fact that behind the Euro-integrationist facade, a breakdown in Statehood is visible, Rangelov said. He also questioned who benefits from unnecessary confrontation between three main State institutions over the long-set date for joining the single European currency.

The statement warns that the strategic goal of eurozone entry is now carried out by a new parliamentary majority dominated by Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – New Beginning, “compromised to an extent that excludes all European and international support”. Under rhetoric of European integration, DRF sees a risk of deepening institutional breakdown, disregard for constitutional order, capture of the judiciary and prosecution service, pressure on the security services, and severe economic crime.

Since 2020, Bulgaria has been in the eurozone “waiting room”, yet political groups backing the switch have failed to address citizens’ real concerns, the statement said.

DRF recalled its consistent Euro-Atlantic stance, noting that, with its involvement in 2005, the government signed the EU Accession Treaty, which made joining the single currency part of Bulgaria’s civilizational choice.