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Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026

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266 points toomuchtodo | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 00:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.607s | 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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csomar ◴[09 Jul 25 05:43 UTC] No.44506656[source]▶
Bulgaria economy and the average citizen quality of life are not that correlated. You can have one improving while the other is deteriorating. We saw what happened in the US when such a gap became wide enough.
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epolanski ◴[09 Jul 25 06:15 UTC] No.44506811[source]▶
By many metrics (life expectancy, inequality, literacy, poverty rates) the US is a third world country.
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decimalenough ◴[09 Jul 25 06:25 UTC] No.44506860[source]▶
No, it really isn't. Although there are some pockets of poverty that come close.
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1. guappa ◴[09 Jul 25 06:36 UTC] No.44506933[source]▶
Rich people in 3rd world countries do very well.
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2. dzhiurgis ◴[09 Jul 25 11:41 UTC] No.44508776[source]▶
Rich people do well everywhere