He bulgarian system in the European ones it resembles the Greek in one thing: voting is mandatory for its citizens but if they do not do so they are not punished. Thus, the country’s residents voted this Sunday, June 9, like the majority of the members of the community, on the composition of the seats that correspond to them in the European Parliament. In your case, Bulgaria has a total of 17 seatsthe same as five years ago.

In those 2019 elections, the 50.66% of their neighbors, compared to the 32.64 that he did in his general elections. However, several parliamentary elections have been held since then given the inability of the parties to form lasting governments in one of the poorest countries in the European Union. The latter, the agreement closed between the populist GERB and the pro-European PP-BD, has lasted ten months when it was initially intended to be the solution to the blockade that the country has been dragging on since 2021, with twelve failed attempts to form an Executive, due to the lack of solid majorities due to the division between the parliamentary forces over issues such as corruption, support or not for Russia in its aggression against Ukraine or the reform of the judicial system.

This new breakup of the Government has left issues such as entry into the Schengen zone free movement (partially achieved last March); access to the Eurozone, scheduled, after several delays, for next January; as well as maintaining support for Ukraine or amending the Constitution to reform the judicial system and strengthen the fight against corruption. Thus, the country faces a key day, which will decide its future as a country and its relationship with the European Union.

The provisional results of the 2024 European elections in Bulgaria offered by the European Parliament They leave the following list:

  • GERB – SDS/ГЕРБ – СДС – Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya – Sayuz na demokratichnite sili/Граждани за европейско развитие на България – Съюз на демокртичните сили – 23.10 %
  • PP – DB/ПП – ДБ – Coalition Prodalzhavame promyanata – Demokratichna Balgariya/Продължаваме промяната – Демократична България – 15.50 %
  • Vazrazhdane/Възраждане – Vazrazhdane/Възраждане – 15.50%
  • DPS/ДПС – Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi/Dvizhenie за права и свободи– 14.00%
  • BSP/БСП – Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiy– 7.60%
  • ITN/ИТН – Ima takav narod/Има такъв народ – 6.30%
  • Other political parties – Other political parties – 18.00%