The coalition GERB-SDS has begun negotiations with the other parliamentary formations for the election of a regular cabinet within the 51st National Assembly. The meetings are being held before President Rumen Radev hands the first exploratory mandate to the first parliamentary force - GERB-SDS. Democratic Bulgaria was the first to sit at the negotiating table with the future mandate holder.
During the first meeting of the negotiations, GERB-SDS and Democratic Bulgaria discussed the possibility of forming a broad parliamentary majority supporting a regular government with an anti-corruption and pro-European profile - with assured stability and without floating majorities.
Democratic Bulgaria presented its legislative priorities, which are included in the Declaration for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski, and insisted on their inclusion in a "comprehensive coalition agreement." The meetings of GERB-SDS will continue on Tuesday, December 17.
President Rumen Radev has returned for new discussion in the National Assembly the amendments to the State Agency for National Security (SANS) Act, adopted on October 2 this year, which assign the power to appoint or dismiss the chairman of the agency..
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will range between 6°C and 11°C, around 7°C in Sofia. Cloud cover will remain significant over most of the country, with rain showers in parts of Eastern Bulgaria and the mountains, more intense in the Rhodope..
In its new World Economic Outlook report, the IMF has raised its forecasts for Bulgarian economic growth this year and next, compared to its estimates from April. At the same time, IMF expects increase in inflation, as well as a decrease in the..
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