“Bulgaria’s political future seems uncertain,” Agence France-Presse wrote in a correspondence from Sofia. The international media continue to follow the development of political events in the country and yesterday announced first the “very unusual” (according to DPA) offer of Borisov to Slavi Trifonov’s party, and then the new idea of GERB – a government without Borisov. “It is not clear who can form a coalition,” AFP said.
And the latest publications about Bulgaria in the international media revolve around the two names mentioned: Borisov and Trifonov. Clemens Ferenkote’s comment on the public legal network ARD begins with the statement that the voters in Bulgaria have shown a red card to Borissov. “The domestic political balances in Bulgaria have seriously shifted after Sunday’s elections, and now it is a question of the political survival of longtime Prime Minister Boyko Borissov,” the author notes. He also stated that no partners can be seen on the horizon for GERB, and Borissov is in a “dead end political street”. “Pre-election strategy to present itself as the sole guarantor of political stability and competence is not being realized. Due to the unsatisfactory management of the pandemic and vaccinations, due to the constant accusations of corruption and the persistent lack of rule of law, only a quarter of voters trusted Borisov “, the author also writes. Ferenkote points out that the success of Slavi Trifonov and his party “There is such a people” borders on a real domestic political earthquake. At the end of his comment, the author suggests that Borissov will try by all possible means to persuade Trifonov to a coalition or expert government, because in Bulgaria at the moment it is not only about the fight against the pandemic, but also about the distribution of European billions of aid. coronavirus and long-term funds budget of the EC.
In the Berlin “Tageszeitung” Barbara Yortl published a portrait of Slavi Trifonov under the meaningful title “The satirist Stanislav Trifonov will dance Bulgarian politics”. The author recalls the election results and the news that Trifonov had been quarantined and wrote: “Even during the election campaign, Slavi shone mainly with his absence. Interviews with the media? Debates with opponents? Nothing like that. Instead, he spread the populist messages of his party. mostly through its cable 7/8 TV, which set people up against anti-pandemic measures and downplayed the danger of the coronavirus. Although, in fact, the bald man with earrings on his ears is not afraid of a large audience at all. “
The author briefly tells about the biography and television career of Slavi Trifonov, as well as about his music “chalga style – a musical genre that is widespread throughout the Balkans.” A passage from the song “There is no such state” is also quoted, in which it is said: “Don’t tell me about law and constitution – in this country everything is prostitution”. At the end of her article, Barbara Yortl asks herself, “Where to now?” and quoted Bulgarian observer Parvan Simeonov as saying that Trifonov was “an angry middle-aged man who gathers people around him who are frustrated with politics.” The author states: “And this man is on the move now. The game of hide and seek is over.”
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