Bulgarian President Radev says party will not leave EU, eurozone or NATO

On 2026-04-21, Ivan Demerdzhiev, a former interior minister and MP candidate from Rumen Radev's party Progressive Bulgaria, said in a bTV interview that the party had no intention of taking Bulgaria out of the European Union, the Eurozone, or NATO. The statement framed the party as committed to existing international frameworks rather than a strategic reorientation.