New 'Greatness' Party Joins Bulgaria's Fragile Government as Budget Talks Intensify
Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB, stated that the Bulgarian government has been fragile from the outset and has grown even more fragile in recent times
If elections were to be held now, 21.3% of voters would cast a ballot for the formerly-ruling centrist Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB.
GERB's top rival, said to be running neck-and-neck in the race – the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, would get 18.9%
According to the results, the other formations set to overcome the 4% threshold to enter the Parliament are the ethnic Turkish Party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS – 7%, the right-wing Bulgaria for Citizens of former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva – 4.9%, and the far-right, nationalist party Ataka – also 4.9%.
The poll has been conducted by the Center for Analyses and Marketing between April 30 and May 4 among 1 012 Bulgarians of voting age.
The nationalist National Front for Saving Bulgaria gets 1.8%; the Liberal Alliance – 1.5%, the coalition around the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces, UDF – 1.4%. the nationalist VMRO -1.3%; the Coalition around the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB – 1.2%; the Center – Freedom and Dignity, which is a coalition between the party of former Tsar and Prime Minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg and of ethnic Turkish politicians (Kasim Dal) who left DPS, – 1%; LIDER, associated with energy mogul, Hristo Kovachki – 0.9%, the conservative Order, Law and Justice party, RZS – 0.8%, and People's Voice of rock musician Svetoslav Vitkov – 0.7%.
When asked who they would like to see as the next Bulgarian PM, 22% of the respondents have selected Boyko Borisov – GERB leader and former PM, 18.6% - the Socialist nomination for PM, former Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski; 5.7% - Meglena Kuneva; 5.5% - the leader of DPS, Lyutvi Mestan, and 5.3% - Ataka leader, Volen Siderov.
Nearly 28% of voters are interested in the scandal with unauthorized wiretapping and follow closely its developments; 22% are not at all interested; 48% know about it, but are not much interested in it.
Nearly 3% have said the scandal made them change their voting decision; 5% - began hesitating, while 6% began thinking of not going to the polls; 81% have reported that the scandal had zero influence on their voting decision.
49% are definitely going to vote; 19% will vote, but have not made a firm choice yet.
According to the forecast of the Center for Marketing and Analyses, in the next Parliament GERB will have 83 – 95 MPs; BSP – 76 – 86, DPS – 33 – 39; Ataka – 17 -21; and Bulgaria for Citizens – 13 – 17.
Ivan Portnih, candidate of Bulgaria’s formerly ruling center-right party GERB, has won the battle for mayor of the coastal city of Varna by a slim margin.
Two candidates are vying to be mayor of Bulgaria's third-largest city and summer capital, Varna on the Black Sea coast.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office final count of the alleged illegal ballots discovered at a printing house in Kostinbrod hours ahead of the May 12 early elections is 480 000.
The number of apparently illegally printed ballots for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections has swollen to at least 400,000, according to an announcement by the prosecution.
Bulgaria's formerly-ruling, center-right GERB Party has sent its claim contesting and asking to void the May 12 early general elections results to all European institutions.
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has decided to try the claim contesting and asking to void the May12 early general elections results.
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