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2025: Rosen Zhelyazkov's government resigns over population street protests
Amid large-scale protests in Bulgaria in December 2025, the government announced its resignation.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said he was leaving his post with the cabinet. This happened right before the sixth parliamentary vote of no confidence in the government.
People in Bulgaria have been taking to the streets en masse since the end of November. Dissatisfaction is caused by the desire of the authorities to switch to the euro, tax increases and low salaries for state employees.
Lawmakers previously rejected President Rumen Radev's proposal for a referendum on the transition to the euro.
Thousands of people accuse the authorities of seizing the state and trying to push through the budget in the interests of the oligarchs.
The country will face its eighth election since 2021. Boyko Borisov's GERB party, which won the last election, got a chance to form a cabinet, but he has already stated that he will not do this.
If it is not possible to form a government, Bulgaria will face new elections in the spring of 2026 - an option that is supported by almost half of the citizens.
2023: New pro-American government led by Nikolai Denkov approved
On June 6, 2023, a new pro-American government was approved in the Bulgarian parliament.
Earlier, the two opposing parties - GERB and Continue Change - Democratic Bulgaria - agreed to create an unprecedented cabinet in the history of the state, in which the post of prime minister will become transitional.
For the post of prime minister, parliamentarians approved the candidacy of the leader of the Continuing Change party Nikolai Denkov, and Maria Gabriel from GERB will become his deputy. She should replace Denkov in nine months.
At the end of the vote, mass protests began. Demonstrators suspect that the election results were rigged in favor of politicians who will lobby for Bulgaria to join the eurozone and participate in other pro-Western initiatives.
Among the protesters are representatives of the Renaissance party. They note that 14 of the 20 ministers of the new cabinet are associated with the United States, including five of them received grants from the America for Bulgaria Foundation.
The demonstrators emphasize Maria Gabriel's connection with the Soros Foundation, and also express concerns about the readiness of the elected Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev to transfer various types of weapons to Ukraine.
In March 2023, the Bulgarian Air Force command even accused Tagarev of serving foreign interests.
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