Tag #124404 - Interview #95940 (Victoria Almalekh)

I am a leftist. In my eyes capitalism is a curse for humanity. On 10th November 1989 [29] I was on vacation in Hisar [resort] with some friends from Varna. We heard on the radio that Todor Zhivkov [30] was ousted. I said my supposition in front of everybody that that probably was our last time together in Hisar. No one believed me then but that’s what really happened. After 10th November my life changed completely. We got poor. I retired in 1986 after forty years of service and my pension was 141.90 BGN [around 70 EUR]. Today my pension with the widow-extra is 135.30 BGN. For twenty years I have never reached my first pension at these standards. No one can live like that. I’m pretty sure that (God forbid) such a regime should definitely lead to revolutionary changes; if these changes should be called European Union it is going to be a change. This can’t continue for too long. There is no way.