Bulgaria's parliament approves new center-right government

Bulgaria's parliament approves new center-right government
November 7, 2014 - 16:12 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Bulgaria's parliament has formally approved the country's new center-right government, the Associated Press reports.

Lawmakers on Friday, Nov 7, voted 149-85 to elect 55-year-old Boyko Borisov as the new prime minister.

In a separate vote, legislators also approved the Cabinet — a 16-member minority coalition between Borisov's center-right GERB party and the right-wing Reformist bloc. It will be supported in parliament by the nationalist Patriotic Front and the left-wing ABV party.

The former Sofia mayor, whose GERB party won an Oct 5 election, was Prime Minister between 2009 and February 2013, when he stepped down amid nationwide social protests that have turned violent.

Analysts predict a hard time for the new Cabinet, which faces the challenges of pushing through crucial legal reforms, reviving the slow economy and unfreezing blocked EU funds.

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