Balgarianovinite.com Commenting on the 2026 draft budget here on Saturday, President Rumen Radev said that it is “a warning of what awaits us in the euro area, which we are entering prematurely and under an essentially anti-European government.” Radev was speaking to the media in Botevgrad, where he attended celebrations marking the town’s holiday.
Radev noted that the withdrawal of the draft budget is a victory for the people. “Let’s not fool ourselves: as long as the treasury remains in the hands of the Magnitsky coalition, our money will end up in the pockets of their bosses and be spent on private Falcon [jets]; businesses will continue to be pressured, and young people will be forced to seek work abroad,” the President said.
By “Magnitsky coalition”, Radev apparently means two parties represented in Bulgaria’s legislature: the cabinet-forming-mandate-holder GERB and the government-backing MRF-New Beginning, as former GERB finance minister Vladislav Goranov and MRF-New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski were designated by the United States under the Global Magnitsky Act in 2021 for alleged corruption.
“I welcome all those who are raising their voices and reminding the sociopaths and thugs in parliament that Bulgaria is – and will remain – a democracy,” President Radev said.
The head of State also criticized MPs who hide from voters “behind the walls of Parliament,” calling them “unworthy of representing the Bulgarian people.”
“As [poet and politician] Petko Slaveykov put it, anything that is done for the people without the people is not righteous; it is not legal,” Radev said. President Radev Describes 2026 Draft Budget as “Warning for What Awaits Us in Euro Area, Which We Are Entering Prematurely” 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-29 11:40:00 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