Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov resigns after weeks of mass protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Protests erupted in Bulgaria in November over a budget proposal that imposed higher taxes on the private sector while allocating more funds for the state sector.
46% : Bulgarian government had tabled the budget without holding consultative meetings with trade unions and employer associations after the latter did not participate in the meetings as they were against the budget's proposed revenue-raising measures, particularly the rise in the social security contributions and the capital gains tax increase.
45% : The protest organisers had said that the rise in social security contributions, the doubling of the tax on dividends, and disagreement with the introduction of special electronic accounting devices for businesses as the main reason for the protests against the budget.

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