Eurobarometer: 49% of Bulgarians against the euro, 42% for
Forty-nine per cent of Bulgarians are against the euro, 42 per cent for, with nine per cent undecided, according to the findings of a Eurobarometer poll, the results of which were released on December 11.
The results emerged as Bulgaria, which became an EU member in January 2007, is set to use the euro as its currency as of January 1 2026, following decisions by the relevant European institutions in July 2025.
The poll was done among all 27 European Union member states between October 9 and November 3, Eurobarometer said.
Support for a European economic and monetary union with a single currency, the euro, remains high in a large majority of countries, the pollsters said.
In 22 member states (unchanged since spring 2025), a majority of respondents support the euro.
The highest levels of support are measured in Malta (93 per cent), Ireland (92 per cent) and Portugal (91 per cent).
In 12 other member states, between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of respondents are also in favour of the economic and monetary union.
Despite being outside of the euro area, a majority of respondents in Hungary (72 per cent) and Romania (59 per cent) are in favour of the euro.
On the contrary, a majority of respondents in the five other non-euro area member states are against the euro: Czechia (67 per cent), Denmark (62 per cent), Sweden (57 per cent), Bulgaria (49 per cent) and Poland (51 per cent).
Support for the single currency and economic union has grown in 10 member states since spring 2025, with the largest increases in Poland (45 per cent, +10 pp), Malta (93 per cent, +8 pp), and Denmark (33 per cent, +4 pp) and Hungary (72 per cent, +4 pp).
In contrast, support has declined in 14 member states, most notably in the Netherlands (83 per cent, -5 pp, Eurobarometer said.
For reliable official information on Bulgaria’s transition to the euro, the Association of Banks in Bulgaria has a Q and A, in English.
The official evroto.bg website has an English-language version, while the European Commission made available on July 8 a Q and A on Bulgaria’s changeover to the euro.
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