Bulgaria PM Hints He Will Resign if Parliament Fails to Approve New Debt

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Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has hinted he is ready to stand down if lawmakers turn down the Finance Ministry's debt proposal.

The cabinet announced last week it would take on a new EUR 8 B external debt to deliver on payments of existing debt and to finance the budget deficit. A vote in Parliament is expected later on Wednesday.

"If they [the opposition] do not accept the debt... if someone tells me where to find BGN 6 B until the end of the year - because I don't know - we will grant them this opportunity even today," the website Dnevnik.bg quotes Borisov as saying hours before a cabinet session kicked off on Wednesday.

The opposition has meanwhile organized a protest in front of Parliament as the vote is nearing.

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