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Bulgaria PM Returns Govt Mandate to President
Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has returned the mandate to form a government on Friday after receiving it from President Rosen Plevneliev.
Borisov has only kept the mandate for less than a minute.
He has made clear his party, GERB, which is the biggest in Parliament, will not seek a new cabinet within the current legislature.
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Nationalist Head Warns of 'External Pressure' on Bulgaria amid Effort to Form Govt
External pressure is probably being applied on Bulgaria to avoid the formation of a nationalist-led cabinet, Patriotic Front co-leader Krasimir Karakachanov has said.
In an interview with private bTV broadcaster, he has pointed to the PF's desire to change relations with the EU as the main reason for non-Bulgarian actors to work against a possible cabinet composed by his coalition.
Bulgaria's President to Hand Govt Mandate on Friday
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will begin the last-ditch effort to secure a new government on Friday to avoid a new early election.
Plevneliev will hand over a government mandate to GERB, Bulgaria's biggest party, which has already declared it will return it.
Annual Subsidy for Bulgarian Parties To Remain BGN 11 Per Valid Vote
The annual subsidy for political parties will remain BGN 11 per valid vote and there will be no limit to the amount that can be received. This was decided by MPs when they approved, at second reading, the State Budget Act.
39 deputies from GERB and BSP Lyava Balgariya voted "against". Also 39 deputies from GERB and DPS abstained.
GERB Stymies 'Patriots'' Hopes of Ruling Bulgaria
Bulgaria's leading party, GERB, has said it will not support either of its former coalition partners - the Reformist Bloc, or the Patriotic Front - if the President mandates them to form a new government within the current parliament.
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Bulgaria's Biggest Party Ditches Plans to Back Nationalist Govt
The party of outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made a U-turn in its attitude to a possible new cabinet led by the nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) coalition.
GERB will not back any new government within the current legislature, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who heads the conservative party's faction in Parliament, has explained.
Bulgaria's Biggest Party Divided over Nationalist-Led Cabinet
The prospect of forming a nationalist-led cabinet within the current Parliament has divided opinions in Bulgaria, with the biggest party itself split over the move.
Bulgaria's President To Hand First Probe Mandate on Friday
President Rossen Plevneliev will hand the first probe mandate for the forming of a government to the largest parliamentary group - GERB. The procedure for handing mandates will start on Friday.
This became clear after the meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security which was convened by Plevneliev.
Bulgaria's President Indicates Nationalists May Get Govt Mandate
There is still hope to create a new government within the current legislature, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said.
Consultations of Bulgaria's President With Political Forces End
The consultations of political forces represented in Parliament with President Rossen Plevneliev have come to an end. The reason for the consultations was the resignation of the Borisov 2 Cabinet after the failure of GERB at the presidential elections, reported BGNES.