Bulgarians Are Getting the Euro, But Half of Them Don't Want It
Doroteya Kanavrova crosses her arms and shakes her head. 'I'm against it,' she says, before going back to arranging her tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchini at her roadside stall.
Bulgaria is ready to join the euro, the European Union said last week, something hailed by the government as another step toward deeper integration. But in the agricultural northeast, the 56-year-old small farmer represents the growing swathe of Bulgarians concerned about the cost.
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