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Bulgaria's New Parliament to Convene on May 21

Politics » ELECTIONS 2013 | May 17, 2013, Friday // 14:28
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's New Parliament to Convene on May 21 Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's new Parliament is to meet for the first time on Tuesday, May 21, President Rosen Plevneliev has announced.

The majority of parties that overcame the 4% election threshold have agreed on the date, Plevneliev told reporters.

On Friday, the President met with representatives of the four parties that enter Bulgaria's next Parliament: the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, and their self-proclaimed arch enemies - the far-right nationalist Ataka (Attack).

According to the final count, DPS and BSP together will have 120 seats in the 240-seat unicameral Parliament. Ataka is yet to declare whether it would support these two parties.

Ataka, BSP and DPS have all declared that they would not negotiate with GERB, which narrowly won the election on May 12, but will be unable to form a government.

Plevneliev has declared on several occasions that a new government should be formed as soon as possible.

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