Bulgaria’s political confrontation over the proposed fiscal package intensified sharply in parliament, with opposition parties accusing Rumen Radev's cabinet over debt, pensions, and party financing. The debate centers on a set of measures including a planned 3.8 billion euro increase in the state debt ceiling, changes to pension supplements, and a reduction in political party subsidies.
From “Revival”, MP Tsoncho Ganev argued that the government is presenting one message to the public while implementing another policy in practice. He claimed that tax pressure is increasing and pensions are being indirectly reduced. “What is being said to the public and what is being done are completely different things,” he stated, adding that the country is already moving toward a debt crisis. He also criticized what he described as expanding state financial commitments through state-owned companies under Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s sphere of influence.
Ganev further said there is no meaningful policy action on inflation, price controls, or judicial reform, while warning that personnel expansion in the public sector continues. On the idea of freezing MPs’ salaries, he expressed conditional support, but insisted the core issue is broader fiscal mismanagement and increasing debt dependence.
