(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 19 LUG - More than 220,000 people in
Bulgaria have signed a petition to ask for a referendum against
the introduction of the euro in the country, according to
Vuzrazhdane (Revival), a non-parliamentary party, which
organised the signature collection, Radio Bulgaria reports on
its website today.
Four more days are available for the party to collect more
signatures and then to submit the petition to the Parliament.
The organizers of the petition said that by joining the Euro
zone Bulgaria will lose its national sovereignty, Radio Bulgaria
reported.
Joining the single European currency is one of the priorities
of the government in Sofia. Bulgaria meets certain criteria to
adopt the euro, among them the healthy public finances, low
inflation and a currency pegged to the euro. However, the
process of joining the Euro zone will last several years, after
Sofia enters the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism, the 'waiting
room' for the Euro, and the EU' banking union. (ANSA).
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