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Updated · Bloomberg · May 8Bulgarian lawmakers approve Rumen Radev's cabinet
12 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 8
- The 240-seat parliament backed the government 122-70, with 36 abstentions, on Friday after Radev's landslide election win.
- The vote establishes Bulgaria's first single-party government with a majority this century and installs incoming premier Radev.
- It also brings another European Union leader critical of the bloc's mainstream into office, potentially shaping Bulgaria's stance within the EU.
Rumen Radev has a historic majority. Will he fix Bulgaria's corrupt system or simply take control of it? As Bulgaria's new leader vows to end corruption, can he avoid becoming the EU's next pro-Kremlin problem?