Bulgaria prepares for the euro amid scepticism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : While successive Bulgarian governments have tried to make the step since joining the EU in 2007, the Balkan country of 6.7 million people is split on the issue, polls show, although businesses are largely in favour.
49% : Bulgaria, a Black Sea country on the European Union's southeast frontier, will be the 21st country to join the eurocurrency zone after it met the formal entry criteria this year,including for inflation, budget deficit, long-term borrowingcosts and exchange-rate stability.
38% : Suspicions among some Bulgarians Some fear it will push up prices, or are suspicious of a domestic political establishment in the throes of a crisis that saw the government step down this month amid widespread ⁠protests against proposed tax increases.

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