Balgarianovinite.com Citizens staged protests in several cities across Bulgaria on Monday against the adoption of the 2026 State Budget Bill.
In downtown Sofia, people began gathering at the square known as the “Power Triangle”, where the new National Assembly building is flanked by the Presidency and the Council of Ministers, to protest the adoption of the 2026 budget bills. The demonstration is organized by the Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria coalition. There is an increased police presence in the area, and law enforcement officers are conducting checks on some of the protesters. Road traffic in the area is blocked.
The protest is peaceful. Groups of demonstrators are jumping and chanting: “Whoever doesn’t jump is fat”. Music is playing at the rally, and people are singing and dancing.
The words “Resignation and Jail” were projected in lights onto the facade of the Parliament building. At the protest, flags of Bulgaria and the European Union were waved. In front of the Parliament, two banners were displayed: “Generation Z is Coming” and “Young Bulgaria Without the Mafia”.
According to Nayo Titzin from the Continue the Change press office, more than 50,000 citizens attend the protest. He said that reports had been received about people being held in the metro and called on the authorities to release them if the reports were accurate.
In front of the Council of Ministers building, a stage has been set up, along with a screen that earlier showed drone footage. The images revealed that the area stretching from the Bulgarian National Bank, across the Power Triangle, all the way to the Statue of Sofia, was flooded with people.
“Temenuzhkas (ed. Violets) – in jail in winter,” read some of the placards, showing Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and two figures with a pumpkin and a pig’s head instead of human heads, dressed in prison uniforms. Other signs list some of the protesters’ demands on the budget – stopping bonus payments, halting the increase in pension contributions, and rejecting the higher dividend tax.
A projector displays the word “Mafia” on the facade of the new National Assembly building, along with an image of a pig’s head, handcuffs, and the message “Come on Monday. Let’s stop the budget theft.” The screen mounted on a specially built stage for the rally is showing various videos about the state budget and the protest. Demonstrators began booing when clips were played featuring statements by Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning (MRF – New Beginning) Chair and Floor Leader Delyan Peevski, MRF – New Beginning Deputy Floor Leaders Bayram Bayram and Jordan Tzonev, and GERB-UDF Floor Leader and GERB Chair Boyko Borissov.
Organizers urged demonstrators to keep the protest peaceful. They warned that provocations were possible and called on anyone witnessing such acts to record them.
Protests against the adoption of the draft budget are also being held in the regional centres of Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Pleven, Stara Zagora, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Dobrich, Blagoevgrad, Sliven, Shumen and Yambol.
On November 26, there was again a protest against the adoption of the 2026 State Budget Bill, which flooded the Power Triangle. The following morning, GERB Chair Boyko Borissov said that he had told Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova to withdraw the draft budget. Later, Zhelyazkov said that an attempt would be made to restore dialogue with trade unions and employers, and on Friday Petkova said that a new meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation was upcoming.
On Friday, Borissov outlined three possible scenarios for the state budget’s future. After the draft budget was not withdrawn, a confrontation unfolded in Parliament’s corridors between Borissov, CC Chair Assen Vassilev, and Yes, Bulgaria Co-Chair Ivaylo Mirchev, and Vassilev said that another protest would follow. Large Protests Held in Major Bulgarian Cities against 2026 State Budget Bill 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-01 17:48:00 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
