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This could happen immediately in all areas if the design of the social, pension and healthcare systems is changed. This year's government costs for these purposes amount to 58% of the total spending. In order for the spending in these areas to increase, other sectors should suffer. This translates into a reduction in the funding for the support of the police and army, or for the maintenance of the public administration or some other item of the budget.

What can be done to improve the situation in these areas is for the hidden costs of citizens to become apparent. For example, for each 1.5 leva the government spends in the field of education the citizens should spend the same amount for the education of their children. The same applies to healthcare too - each contributor to the system must know what he or she gets in return for a given amount. If you know that 50% of what you have contributed remains for you, you will know the amount which will be at your disposal and you will know whether you can afford a test- tube baby or if you will be able to adopt a child. Now nobody knows where his or her contributions go.

What do you think are the strongest sectors of Bulgaria, which could become the driving force of the sustainable economic development of the country?

Logistics, transport, tourism, mining and new technologies, including the IT sector have the largest share in the GDP. The largest employers in Bulgaria are developing primarily in these sectors.

How do you see Bulgaria in a year?

A new government will operate in a year. It is impossible for the next elections to repeat the same results which we obtained this May. This confidence is based on the radicalism of the current majority, if we can call it that. The voters realize that the behaviour of today's power is a continuation of the behaviour of the previous government.