Reforms are absolutely mandatory, because there are a series of unreformed sectors. High deficits cannot be maintained, expenses must be cut and reforms must be made, otherwise there is no way to achieve a 3% deficit in the budget. The biggest risk facing this government is social discontent due to high prices. This could lead to tension between the coalition partners and possibly to new elections. This was stated by the sociologist from "Trend" Dimitar Ganev on Nova TV, quoted by novini.bg.
"32% approval for the cabinet is a relatively good start. We have compared in recent years how approval has moved towards the different cabinets in their first months of work. What is impressive is that these values are approaching the results of the Kiril Petkov government, which we measured in January 2022. It almost equalizes trust and distrust. But for example, with other regular cabinets, such as that of Nikolay Denkov, this government started with slightly higher support", explained the sociologist.
According to him, this is due to the fact that the electorates of the individual parties that were part of the assembly were not very satisfied with this government. "First, there was tension among the PP-DB voters because they are partners with GERB and MRF. The GERB electorate then did not perceive this cabinet as their own, because there was another prime minister. For comparison, the only cabinets in the last 25 years that have started with more trust than distrust are only two, and in the first months. These are the governments of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha since 2001 and Boyko Borisov with his first cabinet in 2009," Ganev pointed out.
The survey is by “Trend” commissioned by “24 Chasa”. The survey was conducted between January 24 and 30, 2025 through a direct semi-standardized “face-to-face” interview among 1,003 people aged 18+.