Raising the threshold for entering the parliament is a good idea - the European practice is between 5 and 10 percent, and in our country a threshold of 7-8 percent, as for the European Parliament, is good. This was said by the chairman of the UDF Rumen Hristov in "The Day Begins with Georgi Lyubenov" on BNT.
"Both approaches for purely majoritarian and purely proportional elections have their advantages. With the low number of voters in Bulgaria, however, the threshold drops very low and then with a hundred thousand votes many formations can enter - maybe 10 in the next parliament. This is not good for the stability of the political system.
Hristov commented that after the decision of the Constitutional Court and the redistribution of mandates, all 121 deputies from the majority must mobilize, but the same applies to the opposition.
"There should be 119 there and hope that one or two from the majority will not be present. The government is elected with 121 votes, but it can survive with 195 in a vote of confidence.
The most important goal is the eurozone and we must have a stable government, the deputy is categorical.
"I also have my reservations. The UDF is putting me under a lot of pressure. I also feel uncomfortable in the sandwich between the BSP and the MRF, but sometimes national goals oblige us to be more patient".
Rumen Hristov admits that the judges in the Constitutional Court from President Rumen Radev's quota "help him".
"President Radev's ambitions to be number 1 in the country and to govern it are great, but I have said before - if you want to deal directly with politics - go out, form a party, win elections".
Both Peevski and PP-DB will become inevitable collaborators of the majority, if entering the eurozone is important for them, Rumen Hristov also said.