site.btaDemocratic Bulgaria Co-chair Describes Eurozone Entry as Big Victory Keeping Bulgaria in Western Geopolitical Orbit

Democratic Bulgaria Co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev told journalists here on Tuesday that no politician should take the credit for Tuesday's final green light to Bulgaria's eurozone entry on January 1, 2026, because everyone in the last four or five years deserves for this to be a fact today. 

Mirchev described the decision on the euro area as a big victory, because in this way it will be very difficult to detach Bulgaria from the Western geopolitical orbit.

Earlier on Tuesday, the European Parliament voted to adopt a report on Bulgaria's adoption of the euro on January 1, 2026. Afterwards, Bulgaria cleared the last hurdle to its entry into the eurozone as the Council of the European Union adopted the three legislative acts required for this step.