Bulgarian politicians enter final phase of campaigning for European elections
June 7 marks the end of the campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s June 9 2024 European Parliament elections, in which the country will elect 17 MEPs, and the simultaneous early National Assembly elections, in which 240 MPs are to be elected.
The GERB party, which proposed the minority government, finished first in the June elections but has only 68 legislators in the 240-seat National Assembly.
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Bulgaria's Orthodox Church has elected Daniil, a 52-year-old considered to be pro-Russian, as its new leader in a vote that reflected the divisions in the church and wider society since Russian invaded Ukraine more than two years ago.
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On Sunday, Bulgaria recorded low voter turnout for the European elections and the country's sixth vote in three years. Both political exercises reveal a fragmented political scene in the Balkan nation.
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Viktor Orbán’s nationalist 'Patriots for Europe' group has been officially established in the European Parliament today, boasting 84 MEPs making it the third-largest group in the hemicycle.
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The Identity and Democracy Group no longer has the numbers to constitute itself in the European Parliament, with its members being sucked in by the European Conservatives and Reformists or the new Patriots for Europe.
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