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At First Reading: The Bulgarian Anti-Corruption Commission will be Divided in Two
The Anti-Corruption Commission i.e. the Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property (KPKONPI) will be divided in two.
This was decided by the parliament, adopting in the first reading the Law on combating corruption among persons occupying high public positions.
Bulgaria: Iliana Ivanova is GERB's nominee for European Commissioner
Iliana Ivanova, a member of the European Court of Auditors, is GERB's nominee for European Commissioner, said party leader Boyko Borissov.
Daniel Laurer will be One of the Two Candidates for New European Commissioner representing Bulgaria
Daniel Laurer will be one of the two candidates for Bulgaria's European Commissioner. The decision of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov is for GERB-SDS to nominate a candidate as well.
So far, the coalition has not commented on who they will nominate. It is possible that they nominate Eva Maidel.
Kılıçdaroğlu hints expanding Nation Alliance
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has hinted at the possibility of expanding the six-party Nation Alliance.
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MHP leader backs new economic administration
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has expressed his support for Türkiye's new economic administration and emphasized the necessity of raising interest rates.
Bahçeli's remarks came ahead of the highly anticipated interest rate decision by the Central Bank, which is expected to be announced in the coming days.
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The threshold for a ‘safe’ outright majority
If the combined vote of the parties that will remain outside of Parliament in the June 25 election is between 6% and 9%, the crucial threshold for New Democracy in order to win a "safe" outright majority (in the region of 158 seats) will be 40%.
ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants his party to win a "safe majority" of 158 seats in order to govern with stability.
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PASOK chief rules out coalition with New Democracy
PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis interprets the result of the May 21 election, which gave the conservatives a 20-percentage point lead over the main opposition, as a failure of SYRIZA and categorically dismisses any possibility of cooperation with New Democracy, even if the latter does not secure an outright majority.
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Tapping nationalist sentiment
New Democracy is clearly concerned that if the ultranationalist Niki party makes it into the next Parliament, it could gnaw away at the conservatives' majority, and this concern has prompted an effort to repatriate part of the far-right vote and redefine the party's agenda.
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Romania’s New PM Marcel Ciolacu: Careerist Who Skilfully Climbed the Ladder
Romania's new Prime Minister has worked his way up from a low-ranking post in the Social Democrats to the top, while shrugging off various controversies and scandals on the way.
Bulgaria’s Parliament created a Temporary Commission on the Immunities of Petkov and Borissov
After three hours of debate and with 186 votes "for" and 32 "against", the parliament created a temporary commission to decide whether to remove the immunity of the people's representatives Boyko Borissov and Daniel Alexandrov from GERB-SDS, Kiril Petkov from "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) and Dimitar Avramov from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).