Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) arrived Monday at the office of President Rumen Radev for the government formation consultations.
There are party leaders Atanas Atanasov, Kiril Petkov, Hristo Ivanov, and outgoing Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, and CC-DB MP Daniela Bozhinova.
Radev asked the representatives of CC-DB whether they would support the first mandate of GERB-UDF and whether they were willing to continue on the same course as nine months ago or reconsider their relations with GERB-UDF. He noted that over the past nine months CC-DB had mainly been responsible for the government, having agreed with GERB-UDF that the first political force should officially have only one representative in the Council of Ministers and having secured the strong support of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms for the constitutional changes. Radev asked if CC-DB needed more time for negotiations, which is the opinion of GERB-UDF.
Denkov told journalists after the talks that his party took responsibility nine months ago, realizing the risk that such responsibility could cause political damage, but he said it was worth it, because now after nine months, after the adoption of two state budgets, amendments to the Constitution, the development of investment projects which were "stuck" for years, the unblocking the main issues related to the country's energy transition, it seems that it was worth the effort.
Regarding the negotiations with GERB-UDF, Denkov noted that there is significant progress and that they should continue with this effort. "What is very important and there was an understanding on this from the other side - that these negotiations should start with a discussion about the reforms that have not been done yet, with the activation of those regulators and control bodies that are not working. So the first part of these negotiations is how we approach the continuation of these reforms," Denkov added.
A possible staffing of the Council of Ministers is to be discussed, he said, adding that until that process is completed, the details cannot be discussed. There is progress, Denkov highlighted.
Consultations with GERB-UDF began earlier on Monday.
During the weekend (March 9-10), CC-DB and GERB-UDF held negotiations on future government formation. The negotiations' outcome is unknown as there were no statements to the media.
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