{"id":8301,"date":"2025-02-08T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/2025\/kristian-vigenin-we-owe-left-thinking-people-in-bulgaria-an-effective-left-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:14:43","slug":"kristian-vigenin-we-owe-left-thinking-people-in-bulgaria-an-effective-left-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/en\/2025\/kristian-vigenin-we-owe-left-thinking-people-in-bulgaria-an-effective-left-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristian Vigenin: We owe left-thinking people in Bulgaria an effective left policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8301\" class=\"elementor elementor-8301 elementor-2607\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-185aab7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed 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elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c97b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2085\" height=\"1179\" src=\"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2609\" alt=\"Kristian Vigenin: We owe left-thinking people in Bulgaria an effective left policy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz.jpg 2085w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-1200x679.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-2048x1158.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-133x75.jpg 133w, https:\/\/vigenin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/evronyuz-480x271.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:2085px) 100vw, 2085px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eec2ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eec2ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kristian Vigenin: We owe left-thinking people in Bulgaria an effective left policy<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49aae46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"49aae46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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The people who need left policies are many, and it is precisely to them that we owe real and effective left solutions. That is why we must show that the BSP is a contemporary, modern party that can defend their interests.\u201c<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>This was said on Euronews Bulgaria by the Deputy Chair of the BSP and candidate for chair of the party Kristian Vigenin. He sets as his priority opening the party up to various professional groups, to the trade unions and to intellectual and academic circles. \u201eIf we manage to do that, we can achieve a different image for the BSP\u201c, Vigenin said. \u201eMy programme for changes in the BSP is based on the problems I know very well, and I propose workable solutions. I propose an ideological return to the roots of left politics after a discussion across the whole party\u201c, he emphasised.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his programme, which Kristian Vigenin published two weeks ago and is discussing with socialists from across the country, he intends to prevent the party from becoming dependent on large donors and to guarantee more funding for the local structures so that they are more active and can carry out initiatives of their own.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201eI am optimistic that there is an awareness among socialists of the changes needed. I intend to create a strong team with two important tasks, to keep the party&#8217;s face in a government in which the BSP is the only left formation, and to press our left policies, because we are not taking part in power just for posts\u201c, Kristian Vigenin pointed out. He believes the consolidation of the left that began in the summer must continue and develop. Vigenin values the good tone in which the race for the post of BSP chair is proceeding so far: \u201eWe need to close down the internal rivalries. I am ready to extend a hand to everyone who has workable ideas for the party.\u201c He again recalled that it is good for the BSP to keep direct election, but that a decision could be taken for the congress to have the possibility of removing the chair.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kristian Vigenin recalled that without a working economy there can be no strong social policy. That is why at European level too he defends the cause of supporting small and medium-sized enterprises: \u201eSmall and medium-sized business needs our support. Especially in the small municipalities, they create the environment for living. At national level, decisions and initiatives to support them are also needed.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of this year&#8217;s budget, the candidate for chair is of the opinion that reserves for increasing revenue must be sought: \u201eWe must not allow the most vulnerable to pay the price for the irresponsible financial policy so far. If the commitments to pensioners and the socially vulnerable are met, their incomes will go to the shops, and the money enters the Bulgarian economy through domestic consumption. The budget is an instrument for making policy, and we should not look at it as accounting figures.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The election<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>of Donald Trump as President of the USA is something Kristian Vigenin sees as an opportunity for the EU to seek internal consolidation, to increase its own strength and weight and to invest in its economy. 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