Constitutional Court confirms there will be no referendum on the euro

The Constitutional Court has finally confirmed that there will be no referendum on postponing the introduction of the euro by 20 years. MPs voted against the referendum last summer, but "Revival" and "There is such a nation" requested that it be declared unconstitutional and filed a complaint with the CC.

The Constitutional Court's decision was signed with a dissenting opinion by Yanaki Stoilov, former justice minister in President Rumen Radev's caretaker government, and an opinion by Atanas Semov.

The question that "Revival" wanted to put to a public referendum was: "Do you agree that the Bulgarian lev should be the only official currency in Bulgaria until 2043?”

However, according to constitutionalists, the question is wrong, unconstitutional and in violation of European law, as there is a collision between the proposal and the treaty that Bulgaria signed and ratified when it joined the European Union.

These were the arguments used by MEPs to reject the request for a referendum.

The decision was taken alongside an ugly protest by the Revival party in front of the Constitutional Court building.

The reasons for the Constitutional Court's decision are not yet known.

This article was translated with the support of DeepL.