Peripheral Bulgaria Needs Euro, Schengen to Cut Brexit Risk
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A man sticks posters of a map of the European Union with a slogan in Bulgarian reading 'You are here' and 'Bulgaria in the European Union' in Sofia, on Dec. 29, 2006.
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Bulgaria needs to move ahead quicker with steps to adopt the euro and the European Union’s visa-free travel regime to pull the post-communist state from the edge of European politics after joining the EU nine years ago, a top government official said.
The Black Sea nation of 7.2 million people, the poorest in the EU, already has little political influence and there is growing concern that preparations for the U.K.’s planned exit from the 28-member bloc may make smaller members on the so-called periphery have even less say, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said.