Nearly 200,000 Signatures Submitted for Bulgarian Referendum Against the Eurozone and EU Membership

Nearly 200,000 signatures have been submitted to the Bulgarian parliament for a proposed referendum addressing the country’s membership in the eurozone and the European Union. The initiative, organized by the association "Doyran - 2025," includes eight separate questions, three of which focus directly on Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone, while the others concern reforms to the law on direct citizen participation and easing the requirements for initiating referendums.

The completed forms, weighing nearly 150 kilograms, were handed over to the parliamentary registry, triggering a three-month window in which the National Assembly must decide on whether to approve the proposal....