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Author: Dimitar Stoimenov

Dimitar Stoimenov is a Bulgarian scholar with interests in European private law (member of the Study Group on a European Civil Code) and the comparative constitutional research, responsible for the Bulgarian desk at the Institute for Eastern Law (Institut für Ostrecht) at Regensburg, co-translator of the Bulgarian version of the German constitutional court decisions, published by KAS in Bulgarian, founder of the law firm “Punev & Stoimenov” in Sofia.

Can a National Referendum Delay Eurozone Accession – the Bulgarian Experience?

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I. Factual background  On 8th of July 2025, Bulgaria was officially admitted to the Euro area, with entry effective as from 1st of January 2026. The process preceding this approval generated significant debate within the Bulgarian political and legal spheres. In 2023, a group of 49 Members of Parliament (MPs) submitted a request to the … →