Foreign Media on Bulgaria: The Mission of the New Government is to End Corruption and the Crisis

Bulgaria's prime ministerial candidate, 41-year-old Kiril Petkov, whose new anti-corruption party won the general election last month, said he hoped to take office on Monday as leader of a four-party coalition, ending months of political stalemate in the poorest EU country, AFP reports.

Bulgaria: Kiril Petkov Presented the Cabinet and the New Policies

Announcing his cabinet, the Harvard graduate and former entrepreneur Petkov said he "would not waste a minute to have his cabinet approved by parliament. I hope that on Monday this government will become a reality and will remain so for the next four years," Petkov said as he announced the composition of his government, which includes much younger professionals with experience abroad or from business circles.

Disappointed voters backed Petkov's newly formed anti-corruption party, "We Continue the Change" (WCC), on November 14th, when the third election this year was held. They were attracted by the party's "zero tolerance for corruption" platform. The new government will put an end to the 10-year rule of the center-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. He faced mass anti-corruption protests in 2020.

Petkov and another Harvard graduate and former entrepreneur, 44-year-old Asen Vassilev, won praise for their resolute actions as caretaker ministers of economy and finance to restore transparency in taxpayers' money spending.

Euronews, France

Leaders of four Bulgarian parties said on Friday they had agreed to form a centrist-led coalition that would end months of political crisis, giving the country, plagued by economic and health problems, its first regular government since April....