Russian gas supplies: Bulgaria at a cros • Table.Briefings

The Bulgarian transitional government wants to resume negotiations with Gazprom, while the pro-Russian forces in the country are gaining strength in the face of inflation and the energy crisis. Bulgaria could leave the European solidarity community after the parliamentary elections in October.

Bulgaria is fighting for its political stability. The EU country will elect a new parliament at the beginning of October – for the fourth time since spring 2021. In June 2022, the liberal-social democratic coalition of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov broke apart after only half a year. President Rumen Radev then appointed a transitional government of experts at the beginning of August (Europe.Table reported).

Russian gas supplies: Bulgaria at a crossroads

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