Bulgaria

As expected, Boiko Borissov is almost certain to be the new prime minister of Bulgaria. He has been appointed by the president to form a government. The investiture vote in the Assembly is due on 27th or 28th July.

The interesting development is that, according to Sophia Echo, Borissov intends to head a single-party minority government rather than trying to form a majority coalition government. Currently, he is five seats short of a majority. Seemingly, he had wanted to make the majority secure in parliament by having opposition parties sign a memorandum of ongoing parliamentary support. However, South East European Times reports that the centre-right Blue Coalition and the conservative Order, Law, Justice Party have refused to do so, even though they will support the government at the investiture vote.

The final seat tally for the election earlier this month is the following:

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) 116 seats +116
Coalition for Bulgaria (KzB) 40 seats – 42
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) 38 seats + 4
National Union ‘Attack’ (NOA) 21 seats
Blue Coalition (SK) 15 seats – 22
Order, Law and Justice (RZS) 10 seats + 10