Bulgaria Prepares for New Elections
Bulgaria Prepares for New Elections

Author(s): Jakub Pieńkowski
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Bulgaria; elections; National Assembly; GERB;
Summary/Abstract: On 12 May, President Rumen Radev dissolved the National Assembly, elected a month earlier, and scheduled new elections for 11 July. Anti-establishment parties may do even better then the last elections in April when their success interrupted a decade of rule by the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. GERB’s credibility continues to decline as a result of disclosed abuses and U.S. sanctions on oligarchs associated with it. If the new parties form a stable coalition, they may undertake reforms to bring Bulgaria closer to membership in the Schengen area, which issupported by Poland.

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