Asen Vaskov Vasilev

Positions from speeches

An estimate by a language model (Claude Sonnet 5.5) from the text alone of 66 of this person's 93 speeches in the 52nd National Assembly, without their name or party. It can be wrong; the quotes show what it rests on (summaries and quotes are in Bulgarian). It is not a ranking.

Говорителят, като опозиционен депутат, подробно анализира бюджета, дефицита, дълга и пенсиите с числа и опит като бивш финансов министър. Предлага мерки за бизнеса и семействата, но често атакува управляващите и използва процедурни искания.

Economy

4 of 10 · confidence: medium

more statemore market

Говорителят защитава фискална дисциплина и по-нисък дефицит, но и социални плащания, антикризисни мерки и държавна намеса в ценообразуването при кризи, наред с облекчения за бизнеса (праг за ДДС, ваучери).

Правилният път е да се види реално какво може да се направи, и то да се направи. 8 May 2026
Първото е прагът по ДДС да се вдигне на 85 хил. евро. 23 July 2026

Values

4 of 10 · confidence: low

liberalconservative

Говорителят подкрепя мерки в полза на семействата и майките и критикува ограничаването на плащанията за вероизповеданията, но няма ясни консервативни или либерални ценностни позиции.

Сега гласуваме парите за вероизповеданията в България. 24 July 2026
Не го приехме, защото и в двете управления, в които бях финансов министър, имахме коалиционни партньори 1 July 2026

Foreign orientation

not enough speeches on the subject

EU and NATORussia, euroscepticism

Topics

budget and taxes45%
economy20%
social policy and pensions15%
procedure10%
corruption10%

Tone

on substance 50%
confrontational 35%
procedural 15%

Pay under the Assembly's rules (calculated)

What the National Assembly's rules provide for this MP's posts in the 52nd NA. This is a calculation, not the amount paid: the Assembly does not publish individual pay.

Gross per month now

€5,930

Pay components
Base pay		€4,236
deputy chair Комисия по бюджет и финанси	+25%	€1,059
member Комисия за контрол над службите за сигурност, прилагането и използването на специалните разузнавателни средства и достъпа до данните по Закона за електронните съобщения	+15%	€635

3 × €1,412, the average monthly public-sector wage in March 2026 (National Statistical Institute)

For comparison: declared annual taxable employment income for 2025 BGN 142,366 declaration

By month (gross, in proportion to days in office)
Month	Due	Absences	Deduction
Nov 26 (to date)	€2,768	–	–
Oct 26	€5,930	–	–
Sep 26	€5,930	1	−€270
Aug 26	€5,930	–	–
Jul 26	€5,930	–	–
Jun 26	€5,761	–	–
May 26	€4,236	–	–
Apr 26	€141	–	–

How this is calculated and what is left out

Supplements (Art. 6): Chair of the Assembly +55%, deputy chair +45%, chair of a committee or parliamentary group +35%, deputy chair of a committee +25%, member of a standing committee +15% per committee, secretary of the Assembly +10%. With several leading posts, the highest counts in full and the others at the member rate.
Deductions (Art. 13): one day's pay (monthly pay divided by working days) for each unexcused absence from a plenary sitting; two thirds of the month's pay for three consecutive or five in a month. Committee absences are only counted: their deduction depends on the number of meetings, which is not published. The register is incomplete on some days, so deductions may be higher.
Not included: supplements for length of service (1% per year) and academic degrees, work on temporary committees and working groups (up to 5%), and any increases under the budget law. Amounts are gross, before tax and social contributions.
Also not included: the allowance for additional expenses under Art. 11: two thirds of base pay, i.e. €2,824 a month per MP. It is not salary: it is paid out on the parliamentary group's decision for assistants, consultancy, expert studies, premises and other costs of work in parliament and in the constituency, and groups publish what it was spent on and who was paid.

Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, rules on remuneration, Arts. 5–7 and 13 (last amended State Gazette No. 57/2026)

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