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Former Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova. Photo by BGNES
Former Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova has become the nomination of the European Parliament's ALDE group to chair the Regional Development Committee.
Mihaylova handed back the environment portfolio after May 25's European Parliament elections to have a MEP seat after her colleague from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) Delyan Peevski, who was second in his party's list, announced he would not go to Brussels and proposed that she do instead.
Representatives of other major political parties in the European Parliament, EP election winner GERB and ruling BSP, are unlikely to be offered such a significant role in the European Parliament, a correspondent for the Bulgarian National Radio reports.
The reason is that both the four socialists and six opposition conservative MEPs belong to larger groups (S&D and EPP, respectively) and constitute a relatively small share of them.
So far no other important committee portfolios are in sight for Bulgaria's new representatives in the European Parliament.
According to data from a recent survey conducted by the Sociological Agency "Myara," 37.4% of adult Bulgarians support the formula of the newly formed government
The political parties "Movement 21" and "Bulgarian Spring" have announced their decision to leave the Bulgarian Socialist Party ("BSP - United Left") coalition
Delyan Peevski, leader of the DPS-New Beginning, addressed the media following the approval of the Zhelyazkov cabinet in parliament
On Thursday, Rosen Zhelyazkov made his second attempt in six months to form a government
GERB has released the coalition agreement it signed with BSP-United Left and "There is Such a People" (TISP), outlining their commitment to anti-corruption measures, judicial reforms, and ensuring fair elections
President Rumen Radev has handed over the first exploratory mandate for forming a government to the GERB party
About 1 200 000 "phantom voters" can be found in Bulgarian elections lists, Mihail Konstantinov, formerly a high-profile official in charge of elections, believes.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) starts receiving documents for the registration of political parties and coalitions for the early elections on October 5.
A majority in the European Parliament has approved Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission, reports BBC.
The European Parliament is expected to approve on Tuesday the nomination of former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
The European Parliament has re-elected Martin Schulz for a second presidential term, with 409 votes from the 751 MEPs.
MEPs are to convene Tuesday for the first session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg.
