The changed international situation requires Bulgaria to have a stable government. This was stated by the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova at a meeting of BSP ministers with the party's city unit in Sofia, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.
"We are currently witnessing a fundamental change in the international situation - two blocs have been formed, they do not want to fight, but want to trade. The topic that the new US president uses all the time - the concept of "deal".
And the change in the international situation, I suppose, will lead to changes within Europe, the European Union. Bulgaria must also have a stable government - a stable government that defends the national interest," noted Natalia Kiselova.
According to her, the increase in parliamentary groups in the National Assembly makes the work of the left even more difficult. However, she noted that 15 laws were adopted during the past session, parliamentary control lasted more than 99 hours and 19 minutes, and Regional Minister Ivan Ivanov answered the most questions.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party did the right thing by deciding to enter the government, emphasized Deputy Prime Minister and party leader Atanas Zafirov:
"I have firmly stated and will continue to assert that the decision to enter the government of our party at this stage was absolutely without alternative. The opposite would mean deepening the political crisis in the country or creating a new, completely right-wing government, which would only lead to one thing - continuing the political marginalization of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Because otherwise we would have an even more right-wing government and an even more right-wing budget," said Zafirov.
Among the successes of the BSP, he highlighted the preservation of the Swiss rule for updating pensions, the refusal to sell the two reactors to Ukraine and the postponement of the liberalization of the electricity market for household consumers.
The chairman of the BSP-Sofia, Ivan Takov, called for the implementation of meaningful policies despite the achievements during the first 100 days of government, because in his words – the BSP lacked a face in this government:
"Stability does not simply mean having a regular government, because the risk that this government will leave ingloriously after Bulgaria's accession to the eurozone is not small, and this will be disastrous for our country," said Takov.
Earlier today, the Speaker of the National Assembly commented to journalists on the work of the "Zhelyazkov" cabinet during the first 100 days of government and the work of the parliament, noting:
"The work of the National Assembly depends on the work of each of the members of parliament and the goals that the parliamentary groups set for themselves. I think that the assembly is slowly starting to work, today we open the third session".
She responded to the criticism of President Radev, according to whom "instead of the Zhelyazkov cabinet, we have a government of Peevski and Borisov":
"The president as head of state has the right to make political statements, this is his right. Let him criticize. I think the government will show that some of the criticism is unfounded", said Kiselova:
Natalia Kiselova visited the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the occasion of marking the anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. April 26 marked 39 years since the accident at the nuclear power plant:
"The accident is a serious reason for reflection, but also an occasion to think about how to prevent such unpleasant incidents, and in fact, science should be at the heart of it. "And nuclear energy should be part of the development of Bulgarian energy, and nuclear science should be part of the development of Bulgarian science," the Speaker of the National Assembly emphasized.