site.btaPresident Radev to New Parliament: Hopes Pinned on New Parliament are Huge, Stakes, Momentous

December 3 (BTA) - Addressing the inaugural sitting of the new, 47th, National Assembly, on Friday, President Rumen Radev said that the hopes pinned on the new Parliament are huge while the stakes for its work are momentous.

Welcoming the MPs, Radev said it is time for national consensus.

Bulgaria's new parliament was elected at early elections on November 14. Seven coalitions and parties are represented in the 240-seat legislature: Continue the Change (67 seats), GERB-UDF (59), the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (34), BSP for Bulgaria (26), There Is Such a People (25), Democratic Bulgaria (16), and Vazrazhdane (13).
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