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37-565: Following the 2005 parliamentary elections no party won an outright majority. Almost a month after the election the first attempt to form a government was made. The Bulgarian Socialist Party , with 82 seats, reached a coalition agreement with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms , which had 34 seats. The proposed government would give the BSP 13 ministries and would give the MRF 5. Since the participating parties of

74-643: A coalition of the three largest parties: themselves, the NDSV , and the DPS . However, while they gained the support of the DPS, they failed to gain the support of the NDSV. While the Socialists tried to enter into a two party minority government with DPS as their coalition partner, this was rejected by parliament when despite voting for Sergei Stanishev to be prime minister in a close 120-119 vote

111-872: A founding member of the Liberal Simeon II National Movement (NDSV) party. In August 2001 Kuneva left her position in the Bulgarian parliament because she was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Bulgaria with the European Union. She represented the Bulgarian Government in the Convention on the Future of Europe (the European Convention ), which designed

148-453: A government without the inclusion of the Socialists, the King's Party reached out to them to form a broad coalition. This move angered the hardline Democrats for Strong Bulgaria who broke off talks with the NDSV, driving the nail into the coffin that was the possibility of a center-right coalition government. Stanishev sent a personal letter to Sakskoburggotski with 12 questions to see if a coalition

185-502: A mandate from President Parvanov , to discuss a possible coalition. Former Prime Ministers Stefan Sofiyanski ( Bulgarian People's Union ) and Ivan Kostov ( Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria ) refused to support the " King's Party " if they nominated their leader for a second term at the helm of cabinet. Even with the support of the UtDF , DSB and the BNS such a coalition would be even smaller than

222-561: A result. As no one party received a majority in the Assembly the Socialists were faced with the task of putting together a coalition government. The Socialists faced many difficulties when trying to establish a coalition as all of the other political parties that had crossed the 4% threshold in the parliament were to the right of the Socialists, meaning compromise would be needed to ensure a workable coalition agreement. The Socialists tried to form

259-666: Is a Bulgarian and EU politician. Born in Sofia , Kuneva is descended from a Catholic family from the town of Rakovski . She graduated in Law from Sofia University in 1981, and in 1984 she became a Doctor of Law. She worked as a journalist for the Law Programme of the Bulgarian National Radio while being an Assistant Professor at Sofia University . As an anchor, she participated in various campaigns related ti human rights, such as

296-569: Is the 377th most powerful in the world and is used for medical research, seismological and construction calculations. On 23 July 2008, the European Commission suspended interim payments under the Roads Fund on suspicion of a conflict of interest and the authorities' inability to fight corruption. The opposition, led by DSB, UDF and GERB, launched a petition for the resignation of the government, which collected more than 1 million signatures, but

333-626: The Bulgarian People's Union to hold a secret ballot. This move was designed to poach enough votes to form government. Sergei Stanishev , the chairman of the Socialist Party, narrowly won the vote to become Prime Minister : 120 "for", 119 "against" (1 absent). Stanishev then submitted his draft cabinet for approval, but it was rejected. The vote was tied in deciding the structure of the Council of ministers (119 "for" and "against") but its composition

370-613: The EU Constitutional Treaty (the European Constitution). In May 2002 Kuneva was appointed Bulgaria's first Minister of European Affairs in the government of former Tsar Simeon Sakskoburggotski . She held that job even after the 2005 parliamentary elections, when NDSV became a junior partner in the Bulgarian Socialist Party -dominated coalition government of Sergey Stanishev – the only minister of

407-606: The EU. In January 2007 Meglena Kuneva took an Oath as a European Commissioner at the European Court in Luxembourg . During her term in office, Kuneva was interested in online data collection (of personal data), profiling and behavioral targeting , and in particular is looking for "enforcing existing regulation on the Internet and to regulate where adequate response to consumer concerns on

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444-466: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply. Its minister, Nihat Kabil , stays on. Rumen Petkov resigned as Minister of Interior on April 13 after a scandal broke exposing links between him and his staff and suspected organized criminals. This prompted a major cabinet shuffle on April 24. On that day Mikhail Mikov ( BSP ) was sworn in as the new Minister of Interior. The number of Deputy Prime Ministers

481-567: The abolition of the death penalty, which still existed at that time in the country. In 1990 she took a job as Senior Legal Advisor at the Council of Ministers and held it until 2001. In the meantime Kuneva specialized in Foreign Affairs and Environmental Law at Georgetown University and the University of Oxford . In June 2001 Kuneva was elected a deputy (Member of Bulgarian Parliament) as

518-459: The coalition only had 116 seats (out of 240) in the National Assembly , they would need the support of at least one of the other parties to support their minority coalition . On Wednesday July 26 the first vote was supposed to be held but had to be postponed when opposition parties walked out of parliament, denying quorum. The following day the Socialists succeeded in winning the support of

555-421: The election, was in second place, with around 21%. Following the election, Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev became prime minister. At least 6,000 candidates from 22 parties ran for election to the 240-member parliament. The turnout of 56% was the lowest on record. 4% of the votes are needed to gain a seat. The opposition led the election, but did not gain an outright majority. Sergei Stanishev, leader of

592-413: The first Bulgarian European commissioner she was relieved from her duties as Minister of European Affairs. Her successor, Gergana Grancharova (NDSV) did not take office until March 16 of the following year. Miglena Tacheva ( NDSV ) takes over the Ministry of Justice. Petar Dimitrov ( BSP ) takes over the Ministry of Economy and Energy. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is reorganized into

629-632: The former cabinet to retain her post. On 26 October 2006 Kuneva was nominated to be Bulgaria's first member of the European Commission . European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso assigned her the portfolio of Consumer Protection . Kuneva was decisively approved by the European Parliament on 12 December 2006 with 583 votes "in favour", 21 votes "against" and 28 votes "abstentions". She commenced her mandate as EU Commissioner on 1 January 2007, when Bulgaria officially joined

666-560: The human trafficking commission and the newly created anticorruoption body. In early 2016 Kuneva took over the Ministry of Education and Science in a time the education system in Bulgaria was going though an overreaching reform. In 2018 Kuneva was appointed Head of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe , where she collaborated to establish a common European stance in conjunction with the Council of Europe and optimal coordination between

703-495: The issue of data collection". In 2012 Kuneva ran as an independent presidential candidate, getting 14% of the votes. Later that year she founded a political party Bulgaria for Citizens movement , which in 2014 secured places in the parliaments as part of the bigger right centrist alliance Reformist bloc. Kuneva was elected member of parliament and then became a Deputy Prime Minister, resposnible for foreign affairs, regugee agency and data protectio unit. She also had an oversight of

740-409: The leaders of the two largest parties Ahmed Dogan , leader of the DPS was able to form a coalition agreement between the Socialists, NDSV and his own DPS. Sergei Stanishev leader of the socialists was elected prime minister and the coalition held 169 seats in the 240 seat parliament. Meglena Kuneva Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva ( Bulgarian : Меглена Щилиянова Кунева ; born 22 June 1957)

777-463: The one just rejected by Parliament, holding only 103 seats. They would have to rely on the nationalist Attack for support after the Movement for Rights and Freedoms announced they would not support the possible coalition. The reason for the enmity between the MRF and NDSV was because the latter had withdrawn its support from an earlier deal with the BSP and the MRF. Realizing it would be impossible to form

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814-479: The parliament and in other cities of the country. Despite the protests that lasted for months, Stanishev's cabinet never resigned. The inconsistent management of Stanishev's cabinet and leaked information about corruption in power led to a heavy defeat for Stanishev and the BSP in the 2009 parliamentary elections, and it turned into opposition. Their coalition partner, the NDSV, led by Bulgaria's former tsar and prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, won less than 4% of

851-422: The parliament voted against his proposed cabinet. As per the constitution the mandate to form a government was passed to the next largest political party, NDSV. However, on August 11, NDSV announced that they had decided to reject the offer due to the "complicated political situation," this then lead to the third largest party, DPS to receive the mandate to try and form a coalition government, finally after talks with

888-403: The petition was taken lightly by Prime Minister Stanishev with the words: "Hello, circus performers." According to Stanishev, the subscription was forged because names and signatures were repeated. At the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 the country was covered by mass protests and unrest of the citizens! Teachers were also protesting. Clashes between citizens and police broke out in front of

925-503: The resignation of the three party coalition with 209 votes for, 1 against and 26 abstentions. Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005 Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 June 2005, for the 240 members of the National Assembly . According to exit polls, the Socialists had a lead with around 31%, but without a majority, necessitating the creation of a coalition. The National Movement for Simeon II , in power before

962-413: The same period the minimum pension jumps from BGN 85 to BGN 136. The tripartite coalition is also introducing the lowest flat tax in the EU - 10%, which stimulates business activity. Stanishev's government also managed to keep education spending at around 4.3% of GDP, increasing from BGN 1.65 to 2.2 billion in 2004–2007. Science has been supported by the purchase of a supercomputer, which as of November 2009

999-448: The socialist party, stated he would attempt to form a governing coalition. "We won the confidence of the people ... We are ready to form a government ... and we will negotiate with any democratic party," Stanishev said in a press conference. In the previous five elections held since 1989, no government has been re-elected—each has had to implement stringent economic and social reforms, since the fall of communism, and lost popular support as

1036-584: The stand the European Commission has taken on the matter. In December 2013 she said that "she felt more pity than anger toward" Plamen Oresharski because he is not the real decision maker in the Council of Ministers. Meglena Kuneva is married to financier Andrey Pramov, a son of the secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1962–1978), and they have one son – Aleksandar. In addition to her native Bulgarian , she

1073-506: The third mandate with one of the minor parties. Even though Parvanov consulted with all the parties, it was viewed that only the BSP, NDSV (having made a U-turn and was back working with the Socialists), MRF and BPU could form a coalition. After discussions wrapped up the President dealt the third mandate to the Movement for Rights and Freedoms who nominated Sergei Stanishev for Prime Minister. He

1110-558: The two organizations. In 2024, Kuneva was her country’s candidate to succeed Dunja Mijatović as the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights ; in a vote by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , she ultimately lost against Michael O'Flaherty . In October 2013, Kuneva announced her opposition to the ban on land sale to foreigners that was voted by the Bulgarian Parliament. This closely matches

1147-483: The votes and failed to get any seats in the National Assembly. Ministers from Boyko Borissov's next cabinet pass on to the prosecutor's office a number of allegations of misuse of state and European funds by ministers from Stanishev's cabinet. Despite the heavy loss of the elections and subsequent party scandals, Stanishev refused to resign and remained at the helm of the BSP. With the election of Meglena Kuneva as

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1184-472: Was approved by a vote of 168 to 67. The structure cabinet was approved 169-67 and its line-up was approved 169–68. On January 1, 2007, during his term, the European Union accepted Bulgaria as a member, after several previous governments prepared the country's membership in this structure. There is also a significant increase in the standard of living, with an almost double increase in the average salary in Bulgaria from BGN 354 (2006) to about BGN 600 (2009). For

1221-484: Was defeated by a vote of 117 to 118. Claiming that the vote was rigged, Stanishev was able to schedule a new vote on Thursday to try to get approval for the draft cabinet. However, under pressure from the opposition and at least one constitutional judge who claimed a second vote would be unconstitutional, the Socialists admitted defeat and returned the exploratory mandate. The leaders of the rightist parties then met with Simeon Sakskoburggotski , who would be next to receive

1258-453: Was increased by one when Meglena Plugchieva ( BSP ) was assigned to the role. She was also assigned to oversee the funds from the EU. This appointment came after criticisms from the EU about Bulgaria's poor management of EU money. The Ministry of Disaster Management Policy was reorganized into the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Its minister, Emel Etem Toshkova , remained a deputy Prime Minister. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply

1295-461: Was possible. After being satisfied by only 2 of the responses, he rejected the idea of forming a government under the second mandate and started negotiations under the third mandate. Citing the "complicated political situation in the country" the NDSV decided not to exercise its right to nominate a prime minister-designate and try to form a government on August 11. According to article 99 (3) the President now had to consult with parties and then entrust

1332-470: Was reorganized as the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. After criticisms for failing to prevent misuse of funds in the Ministry, the new portfolio was taken over by Valeri Tsvetanov ( DPS ). Veselin Bliznakov , who was blamed for having failure in modernization reform, was replaced by Nikolai Tsonev ( NDSV ) as Minister of Defence. Radoslav Gaidarski , blamed for lagging reforms in the healthcare sector,

1369-478: Was replaced by Evgeni Zhelev ( BSP ) as Minister of Health. The 2009 parliamentary election resulted in a victory for the new conservative party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria who won 117 seats. The ruling socialists lost just over half their seats and were reduced to 40, while the NDSV failed to cross the 4% threshold and did not enter parliament. Only the DPS increased its representation, by 3, to win 37 seats. On 22 July 2009 parliament accepted

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