Bulgarian nationalists protest government plans to adopt the euro currency

Bulgarian nationalists protest government plans to adopt the euro currency

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Thousands Bulgarians have protested government plans to adopt the euro and are demanding a referendum on the new currency

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets of the capital, Sofia, and other major cities on Saturday to protest government plans to adopt the euro and to demand a referendum on the new currency.

The protesters, led by civic groups and nationalist parties, sang patriotic songs and shouted slogans like “Freedom for the Bulgarian lev” and “The future belongs to sovereign states.” The anti-euro rally came four days before the Balkan country is expected to receive green light from Brussels to enter the eurozone.

The demonstrators in Sofia carried flags o

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