Alpha Research Pollster: Over Half of Bulgarians See New Government Formation as Priority

About 57.5 per cent of Bulgarians want to see a new government formed, while 30.4 per cent want the country to hold another parliamentary election, according to a poll by Alpha Research for public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television's weekly talk show Referendum.

The National Assembly elected on April 4 will hold its first sitting on April 15, with all eyes on the possible formation of a government.

GERB leader Boiko Borissov, whose party got the largest share of votes, will not have sufficient support in the new National Assembly for any government nominated by him to be voted into office.

The Alpha Research poll found that 68.1 per cent of Bulgarians saw the most immediate priority for a new government as health care. In second place was judicial reform and in third, economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.

Separately, a poll by Alpha Research commissioned by the Media Programme South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung found that more than half of the Bulgarians believe that they have been kept well-informed by the media during the parliamentary election campaign in April.

Most voters have followed the news on TV. At the same time the influence of the social media and online news portals has been on the rise.

The political communication of the parties is regarded as insufficient and incomprehensible.

One in two respondents criticised the one-sided communication by many politicians in the social media.

More than 50 per cent of the Bulgarians are satisfied with the information they received from the media during the parliamentary election campaign. They believe to be well and very well-informed.  In turn, about 30 per cent of the respondents claimed that they would like to be better informed...