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full screen Bulgarian right-wing politician Mariya Gabriel would, according to a previous settlement, have replaced liberal Nikolaj Denkov (in the background) as prime minister. Now there will be new elections in June instead. Stock photo. Photo: Valentina Petrova/AP/TT
A settlement between the right and the center last year would end the eternal quarrels and new elections in Bulgaria, it was supposed.
But now there will be early parliamentary elections once again, parallel to the EU elections on June 9, since the collaboration between the conservative Gerb and the liberal PP-DB has collapsed.
Until the election, a transitional government will rule, led by 60-year-old Dimitar Glavtyev, a former member of parliament and now head of the Bulgarian National Audit Office, reports the AP news agency.
According to last year’s settlement between Gerb and the PP-DB, the country would first be governed for nine months by liberal Nikolaj Denkov, followed by nine months under conservative Mariya Gabriel. However, her appointment as prime minister never materialized since the parties fell out over appointments and legal reforms.
The June election will be Bulgaria’s sixth parliamentary election since 2021.