During the transition period Bulgarians have had only four occasions for optimism. These moments were at the beginning of the terms in office of Prime Minister Ivan Kostov (1997), Simeon Sakskoburggotski (2001) and Boyko Borisov (2009), as well as the membership of Bulgaria in the EU in 2007. This is what data by Gallup International show, as monthly polls have been conducted since the beginning of the 90s. The results were presented by the Executive Director of the agency Parvan Simeonov at a forum dedicated to the 25th anniversary of November 10, 1989. The discussion went under the motto "Generation of Change" and was organized by "Gallup International".
According to one of the participants - Toma Bikov from the Institute for Right Policy, what we call transition today, was actually a revolution. The communism - anti-communism axis was replaced by the axis of supporters of liberal consensus and the rest, he said in an interview for Radio Bulgaria.
Political analyst Parvan Simeonov has his own reading of the mistakes of the transition period: "Perhaps the biggest gap in this time of change was the lack of clear economic determination in the early years when viable economic units from the previous political-economic system could have been adapted to the new conditions. The delay of economic reforms resulted in the exhaustion of the Bulgarian economy years later. Another mistake, which could not be avoided, is the enormous naivety in society, which was accumulated in that time. To put it mildly it is not necessary that transition leads to something good for oneself. Many forgot that much stronger social stratification would be created in Bulgarian society and this is absolutely normal. Many people today blame some hidden forces for what happened and they think that transition is flawed. Yes, the transition could have been better if expectations had not been so naive and if we focused more on economy. I can see this today from the distance of time. We see the transition period as some exceptional time, while it is just a phase in the modernization process of Bulgarian society," said in an interview for Radio Bulgaria Parvan Simeonov.
English: Alexander Markov
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