On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria joined the EU.

Bulgaria applied for membership of the European Union on 18th December 1995 and started its accession negociations in February 2000. The negociations were successfully concluded in December 2004 and the Accession Treaty was signed in April 2005.

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EU - Bulgaria

Press conference on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1 January 2026

Press conference by Eva MAYDELL (EPP, BG), rapporteur for the report on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1st January 2026

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Voting Session: Bulgaria's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026

Stockshot - Bulgaria joining the Schengen area.

Infoclip: Romania joining the Schengen area

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Rosen ZHELYAZKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Rosen ZHELYAZKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Rosen ZHELYAZKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: arrival, meeting and roundtable

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on Romania and Bulgaria full accession to Schengen

EP Plenary session - Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders

Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: Closing statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

Vote on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1st January 2025

EP Plenary session -  Voting session

Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: MEPs debate (part 2)

Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: MEPs debate (part 1)

Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: Opening statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

European Elections Night 2024 - First publication of available national estimates from Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling station located near the National Palace of Culture in Sofia (Bulgaria)

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling station located near the National Assembly in Sofia (Bulgaria)

This is Europe with Nikolai DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and extracts from the address to the plenary

"This is Europe" debate with Nikolay DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: MEPs debate

"This is Europe" debate with Nikolay DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: one round of political group speakers

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the situation in Israel and Gaza ahead of the press point with Nikolai DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister

"This is Europe" debate: address by Nikolay DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister

"This is Europe" debate with Nikolay DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: closing statement by Nikolai DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister

"This is Europe" debate with Nikolay DENKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister: statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

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