The Constitutional Court opens a case for the parliament's refusal to approve the referendum on the euro

The Constitutional Court opened a constitutional case at the request of 51 members of parliament to establish the unconstitutionality of the decision of the National Assembly, with which a decision was not adopted to reject the proposal to hold a national referendum with the question "Do you agree that Bulgaria should introduce the single European currency euro in 2026?", submitted by President Rumen Radev on May 12 this year. This was announced by the press service of the Constitutional Court.

The rapporteur in the case is Judge Atanas Semov.

The MPs' request states that the decision contradicts the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as international treaties to which the country is a party. Among those who signed the request are parliamentarians from the "Vazrazhdane", "Velichie" and MECH parties.

BTA recalls that in early December, the parliament rejected the president's proposal to hold a national referendum on the introduction of the European currency. A few days ago, the leader of "Vazrazhdane" Kostadin Kostadinov stated in the corridors of the parliament that the party would file a complaint with the Constitutional Court regarding the president's proposal to hold a referendum on the euro, which the National Assembly rejected.

The parliament did not approve the proposal of the head of state Rumen Radev to organize a national referendum with the question: "Do you agree that Bulgaria should introduce the European currency euro in 2026?". After the repeated vote, the Speaker of the National Assembly Raya Nazaryan announced that the decision to reject the initiative would be published in the "State Gazette".

As early as May 23, President Rumen Radev submitted a request to the Constitutional Court for a mandatory interpretation of the Constitution and the declaration of the rejection of the then-Speaker of the Parliament Natalia Kiselova to submit his proposal for a referendum with an identical question for consideration. On May 13, Kiselova issued an order, with which she returned the president's proposal as inadmissible. On June 10, the Constitutional Court admitted for consideration part of President Radev's request in connection with Kiselova's actions.