Socialism

Sergey Stanishev, the leader of ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), said he would go to Brussels as MEP, but only for a month.

Speaking for public broadcaster BNR, he cited the "commitment" to propose current EP President Martin Schulz as a EU Commission President candidate of the S&D group within the European Parliament.

The leader of the main opposition Democratic Front, Miodrag Lekic, on Thursday said negotiations with the Socialist People's Party and the coalition of the Social Democratic Party and Positive Montenegro on forming an authority in the capital would start after June 10.

By Nikos Konstandaras

Momchil Nekov, who surprisingly made it into EP replacing BSP leader Sergey Stanishev, is under pressure to give up his seat, reports suggest.

The 28-year-old, who was number 15 of the Bulgarian Socialist Party's election list, is set to become one its four MEPs after having received a huge portion of preference vote in the European elections.

The socialist MEP Iliyana Yotova urged the leadership of ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) to stand down.

She included the party chair Sergey Stanishev in the appeal she made following the heavy losses the BSP suffered in Sunday's European elections.

Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis tendered his resignation on Wednesday ahead of a central committee meeting on Saturday but it might be too little to prevent a major split in the center-left party.

Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced at a press conference on Wednesday evening the final official results of the European elections in the country. 

Fotis Kouvelis, leader of Democratic Left (DIMAR), on Wednesday announced he was stepping down as party chief following the party's poor results in Sunday’s European Parliament elections. DIMAR dropped to 1.2 percent of the vote on Sunday, compared to 6.2 percent in the June 2012 national elections.

There is no way for Bulgaria's Government to complete its term, said the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)  leader Lyutvi Mestan in Parliament. 

Democratic Left (DIMAR), the center-left party that was part of the governing coalition between June 2012 and June 2013, is facing the possibility of a split after winning just 1.2 percent in the European Parliament elections on Sunday.