Undoubtedly, Bulgaria is in a difficult moment of crisis, the political class is having difficulty performing its functions and to take responsibility. The perspective is to form a coalition, and in Bulgaria it is another election, from which again nothing comes out, commented the former social and foreign minister and MEP Ivaylo Kalfin in an interview with BNR.
He explained the split in DPS and BSP with long-term abandonment of party ideology.
"They must have a permanent ideology with permanent goals, this has long since disappeared from the BSP and from the DPS, which positioned itself as a liberal party, but they took levers with which not to manage their party, but for other purposes. If they do not return to the track of ideology, they will become redundant. A political force must have a clear program and be able to make commitments, which means leading the public debate. And that's why we are not surprised that the voter is not enthusiastic about going to the elections", commented Ivaylo Kalfin on the two party crises.
His ABV party is also in the left-wing coalition, but Kalfin admitted that he was waiting to see the policies and commitments because the BSP had not previously shown itself to be a left-wing party. He denied being planted by former BSP leader Cornelia Ninova as a "conservative leftist". And he is adamant that there is no such thing, and reminded that the left must provide solutions and "brings the power of change, of tolerance, of equal opportunities, and I don't see that".
According to him, there are many wavering voters and this is the great reserve of the left. For him, out of all the parties, GERB is the best:
"It is stable, they have learned and Borisov behaves adequately, he talks about agreement, they put the interests of the state before the interests of the party, I don't hear that from other leaders."
"It's good to get back to the way a democratic system works. Voters sort the political parties and have to form a government, but not like the assembly, but a government with a majority in parliament and a coalition agreement. This is not a whim, this is how it is done in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium - a coalition agreement, a majority in the parliament and shared responsibility", recommended the former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He is convinced that raising taxes is not a solution for pensions.
"Regarding pensions, if we are talking, I would rather look at the pension system, changes have been made there. The pension system and insurance should be separated and not mixed with social policy.