Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has nominated the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition, the largest force in parliament, to form a new government.
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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Monday nominated the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition, the largest force in parliament, to form a new government.
Mr Radev handed the job to Maria Gabriel, who is the prime minister-designate under a power-sharing agreement between the two major parties, under which each would hold the top job for nine months at a time. Become.
Earlier this month, Nikolai Denkov of the reformist coalition led by “We will continue to change'' resigned after nine months as prime minister, paving the way for Gabriel, a former European commissioner who served as deputy chief minister and foreign minister in Denkov's government. Ta. .
The two parties agreed to share power after last year's election, ending a two-and-a-half year political crisis and aiming to restore stability and boost economic development in the European Union's poorest member state.
Gabriel accepted the mission and said he was carrying out the mission “with a sense of responsibility, because Bulgaria needs stability.” It was also announced that she would retain her post as foreign minister in the new government, which analysts see as a guarantee that Bulgaria will remain pro-Western.
Gabriel has seven days to name his cabinet, which must be approved by a majority of parliament.
After last year's elections, the GERB won 69 of the 240 seats, while the reformist bloc won 63.
Gabriel, 43, has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 and previously served as EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. She is also the first deputy leader of the European People's Party.
