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GERB, RB, PF Agree On Governance Programme
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Centre-right parties GERB, Reformist Bloc (RB) and the nationalist coalition Patriotic Front (PF) agreed on a common governance programme, after nearly eight hours of negotiations, reports the BNT public broadcaster.
The left-wing party of President of Bulgaria (2002-2012) Georgi Parvanov would likely support GERB's government as well.
The four parties reached a compromise and drafted a document including priorities for a four-year term, according to statements of GERB's Tomislav Donchev and the RB co-chairman Radan Kanev.
ABV would announce its final decision on Thursday.
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