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Radan Kanev, MEP from "Democratic Bulgaria":

The election has, therefore, failed to resolve the political deadlock that has gripped Bulgaria since April, and the country is heading into somewhat uncharted territory. As a result, in the coming weeks and months, a protracted political crisis will likely materialize, whose outcome is hard to predict. Another round of elections could well take place in autumn.

A sure presence in the next cabinet is the pro-EU and pro-Western alliance, Democratic Bulgaria, and also the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, which focuses on the ethnic Turkish community but is seemingly losing support amid a slew of allegations of corruption and influence peddling. The new parliament is expected to also feature "Stand Up.BG!

The Movement for Rights Freedoms, focused on the ethnic Turkish community and embroiled in controversies over decades, also experienced a drop in trust by its voting base.

Meanwhile the pro-EU alliance Democratic Bulgaria and newly formed "Stand Up.BG! Mobsters Out!", which both gained momentum during the 2020 protests, surprised analysts with an even bigger take than expected.

Accroding to international survey requested by Transparency International most Bulgarians (56%) believed during the last year of "Borissov 3" government mandate that the prime minister and members of his cabinet are involved in corruption.

 When it comes to MPs, this share exceeds two thirds (67%).

GERB leader Boyko Borisov and former PM was sentenced to pay BGN 10,000 to Maya Manolova former candidate for mayor of Sofia in a defamation case, by ruling of Sofia District Court.

We have a tad over BGN 8 billion in the state treasury, but 6 of them we cannot touch. We actually have a little over BGN 2 billion. We're implementing the budget as it was planned. There was a bit of a delay in collecting excise duty, but we caught up, said caretaker Finance Minister Assen Vassilev on BTV.

"We verbally and in writing have declined an invitation for a meeting with the candidate for Prime Minister nominated by GERB," announced at a briefing in parliament Atanas Atanasov, Vice-President of Parliament from the quota of Democratic Bulgaria. Earlier today GERB invited the representatives of Democratic Bulgaria which is GERB's fellow member in the European People's Party.

The personality profile of the future prime minister depends on the profile of the government, but in any case this person should be an antipode of Borissov. The new Prime Minister must be an intelligent, educated man who can watch his language and work to the public benefit. To be anti-Borisov, not in the sense of chasing Borisov away, but to work and behave in a different way.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in a phone call on April 19 on the election victory of his Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party.