
On March 24, at a press conference at the Council of Ministers announcing the economic and social measures of the government to combat the effects of COVID 19 Minister Goranov called almost 1 million Bulgarians practicing freelance and self-employed persons „marginals“, the latter being left out of the economic package. Based on the etymology of the word "marginal person", it follows that all these Bulgarian citizens are out of action, as they are on the border of different social groups, systems, cultures, and under the influence of conflicting norms, values, etc. And all this contradicts with the law, The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria and the opinion of the European Commission that in this unprecedented situation it is necessary to take measures to reduce the impact on employment by assisting not only people employed under employment contract but also self-employed people. More about this topic : A lawyer: The country must also help the self-employed people






