GERB - UDF negotiations begin with the political forces that would support a first-term government in the 51st parliament, BNT reported.
The first political force sent an invitation for talks to "Democratic Bulgaria" (without "We Continue the Change), "BSP-United Left" and "There Is Such a People".
All three invited political forces accepted the invitation for negotiations. The negotiating team announced by GERB includes Rosen Zhelyazkov, Tomislav Donchev, Raya Nazaryan and Daniel Mitov. For GERB, support for a first-term government must necessarily be guaranteed by a coalition agreement.
The priorities that will initially form the basis for the talks are financial stability, internal and external security of the country, investments, filling the composition and leadership of all regulatory and control bodies. For now, the timeframe for talks is from today to December 20. Thus, the expectations are that the president will hand over the mandate to form a cabinet at the earliest in the Christmas week, after the 23rd.