Balgarianovinite.com Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov called on parties to act responsibly in the national interest and make sensible compromises, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) press service said here on Saturday.
He made the comments at a meeting with members and supporters in Targovishte, and also described GERB leader Boyko Borissov’s claim that the government had leaned too far left because of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) as a compliment.
“Thank you to all of you who are here for your support. I have always felt like first among equals and have never played at being a ‘leader’ of the kind we have seen too much of over the past 30 years. Our biggest task now is to keep the party united, not to disown our achievements, and to acknowledge our mistakes so we never repeat them,” Zafirov said.
He added that, as BSP Chair, he had made every effort to maintain an ongoing dialogue with all party structures. Even so, he described the party’s communications policy as misguided, because many of its actions never reached the public and its role in government remained poorly communicated, the press office said. On internal party matters, he cited steering the party through a financial and organizational crisis and uniting the left-wing political space as key achievements.
Zafirov said taking part in government had been necessary to end the spiral of repeated elections. “I’m not saying it was easy. We took over at an extremely difficult moment for the State. We often had to bang our fists on the table, to keep the so-called Swiss rule, to keep the reactors for the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, and to prevent sending Bulgarian soldiers to Ukraine,” he said.
Zafirov added that, as across Europe, the trend in Bulgaria was that single-party governments could no longer be formed and the country would be governed by coalitions. He also said that even the new political project would not win more than half of all votes cast by Bulgarian voters.
In a television interview earlier on Saturday, BSP – United Left MP Gabriel Valkov said he sees former president Rumen Radev as a partner of the socialists once they enter the National Assembly. “We, the BSP, have elected him president twice. I worked for him during his election campaign,” Valkov added. Outgoing Deputy PM Zafirov: Coalition Governments Are the New Normal in Bulgaria, as in Europe 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-24 16:48:43 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law