When the EU was formed, its members' economies were comparable. The lev was pegged to the euro in 1999, Bulgaria was roughly 80% poorer than the EU leaders (I

When the EU was formed, its members' economies were comparable. The lev was pegged to the euro in 1999, Bulgaria was roughly 80% poorer than the EU leaders (I'm using PPP figures from ChatGPT to make these comparisons, I don't know if I'm making any sense)