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Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026

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257 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 00:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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isodev ◴[09 Jul 25 01:24 UTC] No.44505504[source]▶
Nice. It’s amazing to see the progress Bulgarians have made in the last 20 years after joining the EU. I can imagine it hasn’t been an easy process.
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petesergeant ◴[09 Jul 25 02:11 UTC] No.44505750[source]▶
Two things that surprised me when I spent a couple of months in Bulgaria:

* Bulgarian support for the EU is pretty low and people didn't think it made their life much better

* Bulgarian support for Russia is very high, like 50%, probably due to their historic help in kicking out the Turks

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1. barrenko ◴[09 Jul 25 06:11 UTC] No.44506780[source]▶
And if the people vote against the EU in the referendums, one's authorities just kinda look the other way.

For anyone who is new to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_French_European_Constitut...