site.bta Priority Partners of Reformist Bloc to Come from among Parties in Family of European People's Party - Reformist Bloc Member

Priority Partners of Reformist Bloc to Come from among Parties in Family of European People's Party - Reformist Bloc Member

Sofia, January 23 (BTA) - The priority partners of the Reformist Bloc (RB) in the upcoming snap elections will be parties from the family of the European People's Party (EPP), outgoing Health Minister and RB member Peter Moskov told reporters on Monday, asked whether the RB are ready to coalesce with GERB. Both the RB and GERB are members of EPP.

Moskov and outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov opened renovated wards in a Sofia hospital.

Moskov said that Bulgaria's future goes via the word "stability", which can be ensured by a right-of-centre coalition.

Borissov for his part said, in response to statements by Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) senior members about alleged suspension of EU funding, that the European Commission has clearly said that there is no such suspension. In Borissov's words, the BSP is using "destructive tactics".

Moskov said that three new facilities for cerebrovascular diseases will be opened in hospitals in Sofia, Plovdiv, Southern Bulgaria, and Varna, on the Black Sea.