Politics of Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Reformist Bloc said on Tuesday it has supported the option of a coalition government with GERB leader Boyko Borisov as prime minister.

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Center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) and right-wing formation the Reformist Bloc continue talks on forming a government talks on Tuesday.

During Tuesday's meeting, the right-wingers are to present their ministerial nominees, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Television.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is set to meet officials from nationalist Patriotic Front and from Bulgarian Democratic Center as government consultations continue on Monday.

Bulgarian Democratic Center (BDC) is the parliamentary group of a coalition led by MEP Nikolay Barekov's party Bulgaria without Censorship which came sixth in the October 5 early elections.

GERB leader Boyko Borisov told journalists in Parliament he might return the government mandate next Wednesday, if no agreement is reached.

Joseph Daul, who heads the European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, has urged Bulgarian politicians to form a government after uniting around certain priorities.

A meeting of conservative GERB, right-wing RB and nationalist PF, until recently tipped to form the next Bulgarian government, has begun in Parliament.

Right-wing Reformist Bloc's Parliament group heads have rejected a proposal made by GERB leader Boyko Borisov that the two parties co-form a minority cabinet.

After a session of the RB's lawmakers that followed consultations of all political parties in Parliament on Tuesday, both Radan Kanev and Meglena Kuneva said their alliance was not willing to join a minority coalition.

GERB's Tsetska Tsacheva was overwhelmingly approved Parliament Speaker of the 43rd National Assembly.

"I am ready to assume the full responsibility, though I am aware that this will be detrimental to the party," Boyko Borisov, leader of GERB - the party with largest number of seats in Parliament said at the opening session.

"However, it will be more detrimental if we don't have a government and hold new early elections in January," he added.

The right-centre GERB and the nationalist Patriotic Front reached an agreement on coalition support for the new government.