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Parliament to discuss referendum on the Bulgarian lev

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The proposal of "Vazrazhdane" party to hold a referendum on keeping the Bulgarian lev as the only official currency until 2043 will be discussed in the plenary hall today. On Thursday, July 6, the Committee on Legal Affairs in the National Assembly rejected the proposal. According to experts in constitutional law, the parliament is competent to discuss the topic of the referendum, but is not obliged to conduct it.




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