Government of Bulgaria

Reformist Bloc Effort to Form Bulgarian Govt Prompts Mixed Reaction

The nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) coalition has pledged to back a cabinet with the mandate of the Reformist Bloc (RB), the junior partner in the outgoing Bulgarian government.

The RB is due to be handed out a mandate next Monday. If it fails to form a new government and returns the mandate to the President, the county will have an interim cabinet, sliding toward early elections.

BSP To Return Mandate

On Wednesday, BSP will return the mandate and will not participate with its own cadres in a new government within the framework of the current Parliament, announced on BNR the left-wing deputy Georgi Svilenski.

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.

Bulgaria's Building Sanitation Programme Not Terminated

''The National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi - family Residential Buildings has not been terminated. Today at the meeting of the Council of Ministers [government] we will vote for additional BGN 1B for 2017'', announced on BTV the outgoing Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova.

PF's Simeonov: We Are Ready To Form Govt With Most Current Ministers

 "We are forced to take up this task and form a government, if the larger parties do not form a cabinet and the president hands us a mandate," said on bTV the leader of the Patriotic Front Valery Simeonov.

He added that it is not good to change ministers in the middle of the mandate and that most of the ministers from the Borisov cabinet will be offered to keep their posts.

Outgoing Interior Minister: GERB Will Not Support Patriotic Front

Outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova announced that GERB will not support the Patriotic Front in its attempt to form a government within the framework of the current Parliament.

Bachvarova explained on Nova TV that simple logic excludes the option of the biggest party in Parliament backing the third or fourth largest political force and implementing their programme.

Bulgarian President To Hold Talks With Patriotic Front, BDC-Naroden Sayuz

President Rossen Plevneliev will hold talks with representatives of the Patriotic Front and the Bulgarian Democratic Centre - Naroden Sayuz within the framework of the political consultations with the parties represented in Parliament for dealing with the government crisis.

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