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President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on April 28, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by China.   

"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.

Ljubljana – A proposal to reshuffle parliamentary working bodies to include four unaffiliated MPs who have recently defected was rejected on Tuesday after the first was voted down last week. Nevertheless, the centre-left opposition parties and the unaffiliated MPs intend to keep trying so that, they say, democracy is not undermined.

Political forces must learn to collaborate as well as work under challenging conditions, lawyer Nikolay Hadzhigenov of the new parliamentary party "Stand Up! Mafiosi out!" told BNT.

In his words, as the smallest force in parliament they have initiated the start of informal political talks with all opposition parties. They have not yet spoken to BSP and MRF, though.

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday night that representatives of the governing coalition will disband the Justice Crime Investigation Section (SIIJ) so that it does not complete the investigation into the election of the mayor of Bucharest's District 1, adding that after the vote recount it was clear that Daniel Tudorache had won the election.

After the consultations with President Radev Deputy Chairman of There Is Such a People (ITN) Toshko Yordanov said that the party will announce its intentions after receiving a mandate for forming a government.

Today, April 19, the President calls representatives of the parliamentary parties for consultations on the formation of a new cabinet.

During the day, the head of state will meet with all six parties.

First in turn are the representatives of GERB-UDF. The following are "There Is Such a People", BSP, MRF, Democratic Bulgaria and Stand Up! Mafiosi out!""

In accordance with the Bulgarian Constitution, President Rumen Radev will hold consultations with representatives of the parliamentary groups in the 45th National Assembly.

These consultations will precede the handing over a mandate to form a government to the candidate nominated for Prime Minister from the largest parliamentary group - GERB-UDF.

In a post on Facebook, leader of There Is Such a People (ITN) Slavi Trifonov, who is currently under mandatory quarantine and yesterday was sworn in as an MP online, responded to GERB's initiative to start their new parliamentary term from moving a draft bill on the majority vote and blaming ITN for having given up on this initiative.

Today, the MPs are discussing the establishment of a provisional committee that will investigate the governance of Boyko Borisov. The debate on setting up the investigation commission proceeded amid mutual recriminations, BNR reported.