I believe that the battle for the eurozone is long over. This was stated in the program "Panorama" on BNT by the MP from "We continue the change" Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev presented their political project "We continue the change" – Democratic Bulgaria" Vasil Pandov in connection with the protests of "Vazrazhdane" against the adoption of the euro as the national currency.
The battle for the euro was won back in 1997 with the adoption of the currency board. In 2007, with the accession treaties to the European Union, our further full integration into the union through our admission to Schengen and the eurozone was recorded. There is currently no battle, there is a resistance that is fueled by fears, including alternative channels of information, Pandov said.
We are currently fulfilling the basic criteria such as price levels and deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product. This has been a process for the last few years, he pointed out.
Regulators are currently being elected, with Peevski behind them. That is why there is a huge shake-up in the government. We see a huge desire to consume power. The partners in the government do not have a mutual understanding of what criteria these candidates should be selected according to, Pandov said.
He also commented on the information that there is a high probability that our country will lose the second payment under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan worth 653 million leva.
The existence of the Recovery and Sustainability Plan at all is a merit of our efforts. The "Petkov" cabinet found that Bulgaria was the last country that had not submitted its plan. The "Petkov" cabinet did an unprecedented job to make this plan happen. Only after the projects were revised was the historic decision reached to have a Recovery and Sustainability Plan for Bulgaria at all, said the MP from "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria".
The cabinet submitted a request for a convergent report, but to a large extent we also made this happen. But we do not support the submitted budget. One of the main problems in it is the retreat from social policies, such as freezing social benefits, maternity benefits, tax breaks for young families. This means that the policy of growth and income is being stopped, added the MP from "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria".
The problem with this cabinet is that it was conceived in a behind-the-scenes manner, it has no solid foundation. We see that even Mr. Borisov disowned this cabinet, and then said that GERB are auxiliary means of the government. This cabinet is placed on clay feet and they are starting to give way, emphasized Vasil Pandov.