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Bulgarian Alphabet Bill Draws Criticism over English Signs and Public Use of Language – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved at first reading a bill proposed by the Revival party on the use of the Cyrillic alphabet, backed by 121 lawmakers from the ruling Progressive Bulgaria (PB), Revival, GERB, Democratic Bulgaria and We Continue the Change, despite criticism that the proposed measures could restrict the use of foreign languages in public life and effectively legitimize writing Bulgarian in Latin letters. The legislation was supported by 121 MPs, including 11 from Vazrazhdane, 18 from GERB, one from Democratic Bulgaria and two from We Continue the Change, while the remaining votes in favor came from PB.