Balgarianovinite.com Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP and Democratic Bulgaria Co-Chair Atanas Atanassov compared the current situation in Bulgaria to that in the country before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaking to journalists in Pleven (Northern Bulgaria) on Saturday, he said that the 2026 State Budget Bill proposes “a budget of stagnation”.
“The people in power will hold on for a few more years, they will use a large part of the financial resources in directions that satisfy certain circles, they will fill certain coffers through corruption schemes. The bad thing is that there is apathy among the population, people do not notice, and they do not listen,” he added.
Atanassov said that the Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MPs voted against this draft budget and have solid arguments for doing so. “The opposition must always prepare for elections, but at the moment there is such a stable construction that keeps power based on corruption practices that it is very difficult to break,” he added.
The DB Co-Chair drew attention to the fact that the largest budget increase is in the security sector. “In the Interior Ministry and the security services it was increased last year as well, but this topic has not been discussed in Parliament because the committee for oversight of the services has been boycotted by those in power this season – it is not meeting at all. And that is where the debate should have taken place, because the discussions and hearings of the heads of these agencies happen in the committee,” he noted.
“They simply do whatever they want, and these things are important and should be noticed by people. And regarding the budget – pouring huge amounts of money into maintaining the current nomenklatura that runs the state and the security services. That is where the most money is being poured, into several ‘piggy banks’,” he argued.
Regarding the upcoming Tuesday protest related to the draft budget, Atanassov said that the opposition is ideologically divided. He does not feel comfortable participating anywhere alongside representatives of Vazrazhdane because, in his words, they work in the interests of a foreign state. “Our ideological views are diametrically opposed to theirs,” he added.
“The protest belongs to our coalition. If I see them there, I will decide how to react. At this stage I will say nothing more,” the MP said. DB Co-Chair Atanassov Compares Current Situation with Bulgaria before Soviet Union’s Collapse 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-22 16:00:11 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