New Elections? Bulgarian Coalition Talks Collapse as GERB and WCC-DB Fail to Reach Agreement

Negotiations between Bulgarian political parties GERB and "We Continuing the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) ended in failure, announced resigned Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel at a Sunday evening briefing. This announcement followed the conclusion of talks with the partners, during which the last proposal made to WCC-DB, involving only the rotation of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister without changes to the Council of Ministers composition, was not approved.

Gabriel emphasized that the disagreements did not revolve around regulatory matters, judicial reform, or anti-corruption efforts....