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Once again parliament rejects proposal for a referendum on the adoption of the euro

Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov
Photo: BTA

The National Assembly has once again rejected the proposal by Vazrazhdane party for the holding of a referendum on the adoption of the euro in Bulgaria. 50 MPs voted “for”, 112 “against and 53 abstained.

The opposition parties MECH, Velichie and Vazrazhdane supported the idea, plus one member of parliament from the Bulgarian Socialist Party, which is part of the ruling coalition.GERB/SDS, which is part of the ruling coalition, as well as the opposition coalition We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria and the opposition party DPS-New Beginning voted “against”. The MPs from There Is Such a People and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, both part of the ruling coalition, as well as from DPS-DPS abstained. 

Edited by Ivo Ivanov
Translated and posted by Milena Daynova
Photo: BTA



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