Legal provisions for citizens' initiatives at national level

Bulgaria, Act on Direct Participation of Citizens in Government and Local Government of 29 May 2009 (as amended in 22 February 2022), accessed 7 September 2022

Art. 10. (1) A proposal to the National Assembly to hold a national referendum may be made by:

1. not less than one fifth of the people's representatives;

2. The President of the Republic;

3. The Council of Ministers;

4. not less than one fifth of the municipal councils in the country;

5. an initiative committee of citizens with voting rights that has collected no less than 200,000 signatures of citizens with voting rights.

(2) (Amended - SG No. 56 of 2015, in force from 24.07.2015) The National Assembly adopts a decision to hold a national referendum when this is requested by an initiative committee with a signature containing the signatures of less than 400,000 Bulgarian citizens with electoral rights and does not contradict the restrictions under Art. 9, para. 2, 3 and 4. […]