Solomon Passy: NATO, EU membership, and the alliance with the USA are Bulgaria's fundamental priorities

Bulgaria is marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Modern Constitution. On the occasion of the event, organized in the National Assembly under the title "35 years of a modern Constitution," the president of the Atlantic Club, Solomon Passy, shared his reflections on the historical processes that shaped the country's state course.

According to Passy, even during the work of the commission drafting the Constitution in the Grand National Assembly, Bulgaria's three main foreign policy vectors were defined: integration into NATO, membership in the European Union, and strategic military cooperation with the USA.

"Our Constitution must adapt to new realities, and specifically to our membership in NATO and the EU," he emphasized, hinting at the need to align the legal framework with the current geopolitical situation.

Passy also shared a memory of his attempt to ban the death penalty through the constitutional text, which was not realized at that time, but was later definitively removed from the country's legal system in 1997.

It is noted that the Seventh Grand National Assembly adopted the current Constitution on July 12, 1991. This was the first new basic law adopted in a country from the former socialist bloc after the democratic changes, replacing the 1971 constitution and coming into force the following day.