Balgarianovinite.com Parents again staged a protest outside the Council of Ministers building in Sofia on Tuesday, demanding changes to policies supporting families with children. The demonstration, held under the slogan “Maternity Is Not Charity”, was organized for a second time by the civic initiative Parents for Decent Maternity. Police were present in the area.
Protests were also held in other cities across the country, including Pleven, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Haskovo, and Pernik.
The protesters are calling for maternity benefits during the second year of parental leave to be set at 70% of the recipient’s insured income, but not below the national minimum wage. They are also demanding annual indexation of maternity and child allowances, as well as equal child benefits for all working parents regardless of income.
“We firmly insist that this year’s budget provide compensation equal to 75% of insured income for mothers who do not use their maternity leave, and that it be increased to 100% no later than next year,” organizer Ivanka Todorova said. She also called for higher compensation and benefits for mothers of twins and triplets.
“It is absurd that twins are expected to be raised on EUR 378. That is not enough even for one child,” she added.
Todorova said that so far only the parliamentary group of Vazrazhdane had submitted two of the parents’ proposals. She added that the initiative discussed its proposals during an online meeting with Continue the Change on Monday and is scheduled to hold a similar meeting with Democratic Bulgaria on Wednesday.
“We have sent letters to the Ombudsman, the President and the Prime Minister. If the budget remains unchanged, we will call for a veto because it is entirely discriminatory against mothers,” Todorova said. She added that the protests would continue if the demands were not addressed.
On July 1, parents staged a protest calling for higher maternity allowances. Following that demonstration, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev said the parents’ demands corresponded to spending increases proposed in this year’s budget. On the same day, Donev and Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova met representatives of the Parents for Decent Maternity initiative to discuss proposed changes to policies supporting families with children. Parents Protest Nationwide Again, Demand Changes to Family Support Policies 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-14 17:34:00 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
