Its second demand is lower VAT for necessities (medicine, books, food, water, etc.). The campaign first (and major) demand is the introduction of tax deduction on minimum income, meaning the first 460 BGN (about 230 EUR), or the current minimum wage, not to be taxed, for all working people. The campaign’s demands are far from radical, but despite their mainstream character, or perhaps precisely because of it, they has already managed to expose some of the central contradictions of the neoliberal regime. At this stage, its main activity has been focused on generating public debate and collecting signatures, which will be submitted to Parliament in a month, when the new budget is being debated. Preface by Georgi Medarov: After months, if not years, of relative quiescence, progressive politics in Bulgaria has been thrust into national visibility by a new campaign for tax justice supported by a wide coalition of activists, NGOs, unions and small center-left and left parties.
The Campaign’s Opening Press Conference (Source: )
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