Parliament Chair Nazaryan: Bulgaria Aims to Complete OECD Accession in 2026 2026

Balgarianovinite.com National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan said Thursday Bulgaria continues work on meeting Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommendations and aims to complete its accession process in 2026, the National Assembly Press Service said.
Nazaryan spoke at a meeting with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann during his official visit to Bulgaria to present the OECD Economic Survey of Bulgaria 2025.
Nazaryan said joining the OECD was one of Bulgaria’s main foreign-policy priorities and that all competent Bulgarian institutions were involved. It was a cross-party national priority reflected in political parties’ programmes, she added.
Nazaryan thanked Cormann for his support and personal engagement with the accession process and noted the excellent co-operation with the OECD Secretariat. Bulgaria would rely on that support to complete the accession process successfully, regardless of domestic political dynamics, the National Assembly press office said.
Nazaryan said Bulgaria’s OECD accession process was an opportunity to strengthen democratic institutions and modernize governance. She highlighted the National Assembly’s key role, including expediting draft legislation related to implementing OECD recommendations.
Over the past 18 months alone, the National Assembly had passed 11 such bills amending existing legislation, most recently in January this year, she added. The significance of Bulgaria’s OECD accession was also underscored by the establishment in May last year of a Subcommittee to Support Bulgaria’s OECD Accession Process, comprising MPs from all parliamentary parties.
Nazaryan said Bulgarian institutions remained firmly committed to safeguarding macroeconomic stability and fiscal discipline. She added that Bulgaria was addressing and making headway on many of the challenges highlighted in the Economic Survey’s recommendations, including strengthening competitiveness, investing in innovation and human capital, advancing the energy and digital transitions, improving transparency, and combating corruption. These efforts demonstrated that Bulgaria was pursuing the right strategic direction, and that the OECD had recognized this, she said.
Cormann said there had been strong political support over the past four years for Bulgaria’s OECD accession and that tangible progress was visible over the last 12 months. He said the government wanted to keep working actively and that he expected positive opinions to wrap up accession reviews in the remaining seven committees. Cormann said the OECD relies on the National Assembly’s continued support and expressed hope for the swiftest possible progress, noting that it was encouraging that political forces backed the objective. He added that the OECD remains committed to advancing Bulgaria’s accession and aims to complete the process in 2026.
At an event in the Granite Hall at the Council of Ministers earlier on Thursday, where Cormann presented OECD’s economic report on Bulgaria and reviewed the country’s progress towards membership, he said OECD accession should be transformative. He described it as a “transformative journey” that would lay the foundations for stronger growth, job creation, higher incomes, and improved living standards. Parliament Chair Nazaryan: Bulgaria Aims to Complete OECD Accession in 2026 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-05 19:13:00 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