Thousands of demonstrators took part in the evening Bulgaria called for a fair new election. In the capital Sofia and several larger cities, such as Varna on the Black Sea and Plovdiv in southern Bulgaria, people took to the streets with flags and lights, local media reported. The protesters demanded, among other things, the use of voting machines during voting in order to avoid election fraud and vote buying.
Mostly young people had with theirs last week Demonstrations against corruption the pro-Western coalition government around the conservative Gerb party moved to resign. The old government will now continue to run the business until an interim government is appointed.
Eight elections within five years
Bulgaria will introduce the euro on January 1st – but without a state budget for 2026, but with an extended budget for 2025. The government, which has only been in office since mid-January and is now only acting, had withdrawn two budget drafts for 2026 under pressure from protests. There is also resistance to the euro in the country from the pro-Russian, nationalist opposition party Vasrashdane, which sits in the same parliamentary group as the AfD in the European Parliament.
Since no party in Sofia If he wants to form a new government, head of state Rumen Radev should set a date for an early parliamentary election – it would be the eighth within five years.
