Yes, Bulgaria Co-chair Mirchev Says CC–DB Has Not Discussed Partnership With Radev 2026

Balgarianovinite.com Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chair of Yes, Bulgaria, part of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition, in an interview with Darik Radio on Saturday, commenting on Rumen Radev’s interview with Bulgarian National Television on Friday evening, said: “At this stage, I am pessimistic about Rumen Radev being a potential partner for us, and this has not even been discussed within the coalition. We have not heard anything new from Radev. There is no program, no team, no clearly stated priorities. Our priorities, however, do not change, regardless of whether Radev enters the political arena and regardless of which parties make it into parliament.”
He stressed that his party and its coalition partners in Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (CC–DB) have always shared the same positions on the country’s geopolitical orientation and the fight against captured institutions. According to him, the corruption model has clear names: GERB leader Boyko Borissov and Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski, and Radev himself has repeatedly linked that model to those two figures.
“There are no significant differences within the CC–DB coalition in our assessment of Rumen Radev,” Mirchev said. “We will judge Radev by his actions, but the people around him and the programmes he announces also matter, and so far, we have seen nothing. We are not looking for a new political “assemblage”. Radev still has many questions to answer, and once he does, he should support us, on the judicial reform and the fight against the mafia. We are the only force in parliament that firmly stands for Bulgaria being part of Europe,” Mirchev added.
He refuted Radev’s claim that the CC-DB government had terminated the contract with Gazprom, which allegedly necessitated the deal with BOTAS. “Gazprom unilaterally stopped gas supplies to Bulgaria and not the government of [prime minister] Kiril Petkov. The government then secured alternative supplies. Every day, talking heads were scaring people that we would be left in the cold and the dark without Russian gas. The contract with BOTAS was unnecessary because three months earlier the interconnector with Greece had been launched and the Chiren gas storage facility was being filled,” Mirchev said.
He added that those who advised President Radev, who, he noted, is a military man rather than an energy expert, bear significant responsibility for the signing of the deal with the Turkish company.
“There is no difference between BOTAS and TurkStream, one helps Putin, the other helps Erdogan. Bulgarian taxpayers are paying three billion for one and four billion for the other. And the first person to defend the BOTAS contract was not Radev, but Boyko Borissov. Only much later did Borissov begin claiming on a daily basis that we are losing a million leva a day,” Mirchev said. Yes, Bulgaria Co-chair Mirchev Says CC–DB Has Not Discussed Partnership With Radev 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-31 18:51:27 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