Balgarianovinite.com GERB leader Boyko Borissov said the measures proposed by Rumen Radev’s government to control price increases will not be effective. He was speaking at a meeting of GERB chapters in Plovdiv on Sunday.
Borissov was referring to amendments to the Consumer Protection Act submitted by Progressive Bulgaria, which passed on first reading on May 14. The bill prohibits price increases which are not economically justified.
“When have Bulgarians eaten strawberries, raspberries and blackberries in January? Naturally, their price is high – growing them is extremely energy-intensive,” Borissov said. In his view, such expensive products must not be subsidized with taxpayers’ money.
“Once produce from Bulgarian gardens reaches the market, prices will self-regulate,” the GERB leader said, adding that fuel costs were the real driver of rising prices.
“I see that loans are being taken out at interest rates of 4.5-4.6%, meaning that young people in particular will end up paying enormous interest amounting to billions of euro in the coming years. That is why, for 12 years, we served a ‘meatless pizza’, but our budget deficit was 0%. It is not that we could not have taken out loans and handed out money back then as well,” he said.
Borissov was referring to a remark by Simeon Djankov, finance minister in his 2009-2013 government, who described the 2010 State budget as a “small meatless pizza” to illustrate the need for austerity. GERB Leader Says Government’s Price Control Measures Will Not Work 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-17 14:40:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law