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President Rumen Radev starts political consultations on forming a new government

President Rumen Radev
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The Bulgarian government has filed its resignation in parliament after the no-confidence vote against Kiril Petkov's cabinet.

President Rumen Radev has announced consultations with parliamentary groups to hand over a mandate to form a new government. On June 27, the head of state will hold talks with representatives of the parliamentary groups of "We Continue the Change", the GERB-SDS coalition, the MRF movement and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).

On the morning of June 28, the consultations will continue with the party "There is Such a People" (ITN), the coalition "Democratic Bulgaria" and the Vazrazhdane party.

"We Continue the Change" said they would try to form a new government within the current parliament.



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