Bulgaria’s Revival party urged the country to leave the European Union and become a member of BRICS, according to Euractiv.
On Wednesday, Revival called for a referendum to delay the country’s membership of the eurozone until at least 2043. However, the pro-European formations GERB, PP-DB, and MRF rejected the proposal to undermine Bulgaria’s full integration into the EU.
The debate took place ahead of the next parliamentary elections, which would be held on 27 October. Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov risked and explicitly called for Bulgaria to withdraw from the EU and NATO.
If we want to have a future, we have no place in these agonising structures, which are the EU in this format and NATO. If the EU is not reformed, we must leave it because we will not die with it.
The party’s new electoral thesis is that Bulgaria should become a member of BRICS. Revival also started sending its representatives to the organisation’s forums.
Meanwhile, most experts say that a realistic deadline for Bulgaria to join the eurozone is not earlier than 2026 due to the ongoing political crisis in the country. According to the latest polls, Bulgarians are split 50-50 in favour of adopting the euro, with the main concern being price increases.
The latest World Bank data shows that Bulgaria’s GDP per capita is higher than that of any BRICS country except the oil-rich UAE. Although Sofia still has the lowest GDP per capita in the EU. Revival MP Tsoncho Ganev stated:
You dare to say that the Bulgarian people are not competent to make such decisions. Do you hear what you are saying? the Bulgarian people are competent to make such a decision.
