IBulgaria isahluleka ukuhlangabezana nemibandela emibili yokwamukela i-euro. Lokhu kusobala kumbiko we-European Commission's (EC) Convergence Report 2022.
Umbiko uhlola inqubekelaphambili eyenziwa yizwe ngalinye eliyilungu leNhlangano YaseYurophu (i-EU) endleleni yalo eya emalini eyodwa yeZwekazi Elidala. Kuphinde kwakha ukuhlolwa kwesinqumo soMkhandlu we-EU, izwe ngalinye elingasebenzisa ngalo i-euro.
Imibandela emine eyinhloko ihlanganisa ukuzinza kwentengo exhunywe nokwehla kwamandla emali, isimo sezimali zomphakathi maqondana nokushoda nezikweletu, ukuzinza kwezinga lokushintshisana, kanye nezinga lenzalo lesikhathi eside.
Ngokusho kwe-EC, iBulgaria namanje ayihlangabezani nemibandela yokwamukelwa komthetho nge-euro nokuzinza kwamanani namazinga okwehla kwamandla emali.
I-Sofia igcwalisa imibandela ehlobene nesimo sezimali zomphakathi, amanani okushintshanisa kanye namazinga enzalo esikhathi eside.
ISweden nayo ihluleka ngezindlela ezimbili. I-Stockholm kulindeleke futhi ukuthi yenze inqubekelaphambili emthethweni kanye nasemazingeni okuhwebelana.
Amanye amazwe aseYurophu angeyona ingxenye ye-Eurozone - i-Poland, i-Romania, i-Hungary ne-Czech Republic - awafinyeleli ngaphezu kwenqubo eyisibopho.
Izwe elilodwa kuphela eliyilungu le-EU kodwa elingasebenzisi uhlobo lwemali olulodwa lwase-Europe yiDenmark. Nokho, izuza ngokuhlukile ku-Accession Treaty yayo, eyivumela ukuthi ingasebenzisi i-euro.
Wonke Amazwe Angamalungu e-EU anesibopho sokusebenzisa uhlobo lwemali lwaseYurophu uma esehlangabezane nezimo ezidingekayo. Kusezweni ngalinye ukusondela ku-eurozone, futhi alikho elilinganiselwe ngesikhathi.
I-European Commission iphawula ukuthi iCroatia, eyagcina ukujoyina i-EU ngo-2013, isilungele ngokugcwele ukwamukela i-euro ngoJanuwari 1, 2023. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, iphalamende laseZagreb laphasisa umthetho wokwamukela i-euro ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo. ICroatia yafaka isicelo sokujoyina i-eurozone ehlobo lika-2019, unyaka owodwa ngemuva kweBulgaria.
Ngesonto eledlule, uhulumeni waseBulgaria wamukela uhlelo lokwethulwa kwe-euro eBulgaria, futhi umnqamulajuqu wokuba iKhabhinethi likubeke lokhu ukuba kwenzeke kwakunguJanuwari 1, 2024. Ingxenye eyinhloko yalo yayihlobene nokwenza izinguquko emithethweni ukuzivumelanisa namazinga abekwe yi-EC.
Nakuba lesi sinqumo samukelwa uMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe, ongqongqoshe be-BSP kanye nethi “Kukhona abantu abanjalo” bavotela ukusiphikisa. Bathethelela izenzo zabo ngokuntuleka kokuhlaziywa komnotho ngemiphumela engase ibe khona yokwamukelwa kohlobo lwemali eyodwa, kanye nokuntuleka kwezingxoxo phakathi kwamalungu omfelandawonye.
Ngemva kosuku kuthathwe lesi sinqumo, umholi weqembu elisekela iRussia uVazrazhdane, elivuna ukuhoxa kweBulgaria kuNATO kanye ne-EU, uKostadin Kostadinov, uthe iqembu liqala ukubonisana ukuze liqale inhlolovo kazwelonke mayelana noma yokuphikisa ukwamukelwa kwe-euro. Isinqumo ngokwaso sachazwa nguKostadinov “njengokunye ukukhaphela kwezwe” yiKhabhinethi kaKiril Petkov.
Omelene nalesi sinqumo uNdunankulu wangaphambili nomholi weqembu elisanda kwakhiwa i-Bulgarian Rise uStefan Yanev. Uchaze lesi simo njengokuvalwa “kwensali yokugcina yobukhosi bombuso waseBulgaria”.
