The outgoing government maintained stable public finances of the country, said the outgoing Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova at a press conference at the Council of Ministers, at which the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann presented the annual report on the economic development of Bulgaria in the presence of the outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev.

Petkova said that at present, Bulgaria is in an extremely important part of its development, namely membership in the Eurozone from January 1, 2026. According to the minister, this became possible after Bulgaria successfully met all the criteria for membership in the Eurozone. The transition to the euro is taking place smoothly, without shocks, the government has taken all the necessary care so that the transition is smooth and fair, said Temenuzhka Petkova. 

She recalled that in 2025 the government outlined several main priorities, one of which was related to ensuring the sustainability of the country's public finances, which has been achieved. Bulgaria also recorded economic growth in 2025 of 3%, which is almost twice as high as that in the EU, said the Finance Minister. According to the data on the implementation of the budget as of December 2025, we will finish on the basis of a consolidated fiscal program with a deficit within three percent with a minimal deviation of 0.1 percent, Petkova informed. According to her, this gives reason to conclude that the government has coped with maintaining stable public finances of the country.