site.btaMyara Agency Poll: 86.4% Support Protests of Young Doctors and Medical Specialists

A total of 86.4% of respondents in a telephone survey supported the protests of young doctors and medical specialists, data from the Myara agency show. Some 7.3% have the opposite opinion. A total of 5.8% were not familiar with the issue, and there is also a small share of those who found it difficult to answer. This is practically public consensus, experts added.

The data came from an independent telephone survey by the Myara sociological agency, conducted between June 12 and 16, 2025 among 800 adult Bulgarian citizens. One percent of the sample is equal to about 54,000 people.

The survey is a sociological experiment to test the attitude towards different types of protests in the country. The aim was to achieve typological representativeness, not exhaustiveness regarding all possible protests. It was conducted in mid-June when all types of protests had already developed, the sociological agency pointed out.

The protests against the euro, for example, were more visibly polarizing, although with significantly overwhelming support: 56.3% supported them, while 36.2% did not support them. Some 3.8% were not familiar enough to form an opinion, while 3.7% admitted that they cannot decide. The question was asked as broadly as possible in order to assess attitudes towards the various topics, and not only towards the specific organizers of the protests, the experts specified.

The protests for judicial reform, for example, also elicited automatic support, although not at the level of those regarding doctors. A total of 75.2% supported it, 8.7% did not, 15.1% were ambiguous,  and 1% did not know. It is possible that the long-standing attitude about the lack of justice in Bulgarian society and the traditional distrust of institutions may play an additional role here, the analysts pointed out and added that this is why opinions are almost one-sided in relation to judicial reform or young doctors, while in the protests against the euro, for example, the politicization of the topic has caused two types of opinions to clash. Something similar happened with the politicization of the public transport strike in Sofia, the sociological agency noted.

Analysts noted that the  case of the Sofia public transport is curious, adding that throughout the country it was rather met with support, but in Sofia itself it was the opposite. Nationwide,  47.7% supported the strike, while 38.2% did not, 12.2% did not have enough information to form an opinion, and 1.9% could not answer. In Sofia, however, only 38.1% supported the strike, 50.3% did not, 10.3% did not have enough information to form an opinion, and 1.3% could not answer. Whether the reasons were of a political nature or of a nature related to everyday convenience, the fact is that opinions differed, experts commented.