President’s Proposal for Referendum on Euro Adoption Still Lies with Parliament, Says VP Iotova 2025

Balgarianovinite.com President Rumen Radev’s proposal for a national referendum on the introduction of the euro is still registered with the National Assembly, Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists on Thursday.
In May, Radev proposed to the National Assembly to resolve on holding a national referendum in which Bulgarians would be asked whether they agree to the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria in 2026. Former National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova rejected the President’s proposal, arguing that it is inadmissible because it is inconsistent with national and EU law. At the end of May, Radev referred the matter to the Constitutional Court. On November 18, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Parliament Chair does not have the competence to determine the admissibility of a national referendum and to reject a proposal made by an entity empowered by the law.
“I see no grounds for the President to submit his proposal once again. The Constitutional Court’s ruling is categorical and clear, Kiselova grossly violated the Constitution with her unilateral decision,” Iotova commented. She explained that after the Constitutional Court’s decision, the process should resume exactly where it stopped – in the National Assembly.
“The governing majority will not in any way allow a discussion on the referendum or on the euro and its introduction. Six months later, the questions Bulgarian citizens have are far more numerous than they were in May. Despite all the government’s promises, they have been unable to cope with galloping prices and with the fact that prices are rising far more quickly than people’s incomes. Everyone will have to answer for themselves whether the President was right when he asked whether we are ready for the euro,” Iotova said.
The rise in prices is not linked to the euro itself but to the government’s inability to deal with speculation, the Vice President noted.
Asked whether there would be a referendum, Iotova replied that the time for this had irretrievably passed, because “everything possible was done to prevent this discussion from taking place in our society”. “It is better to focus on how to overcome the crises that keep coming. It is clear that neither is the deficit 3%, nor is inflation what the government imagines it to be, nor have they dealt with any issue related to the standard of living of Bulgarian citizens,” she emphasized. President’s Proposal for Referendum on Euro Adoption Still Lies with Parliament, Says VP Iotova 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-20 19:43:39 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