Contact Group begins talks about forming a government

A contact group led by former President, Rosen Plevneliev, and the President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Solomon Passy, will start meetings with representatives of the parliamentary groups in the 48th National Assembly.

The first talks with the representatives of GERB-UDF and Bulgaria Ascending will be held on Saturday, October 22.

Written refusals for meetings have already been received from "BSP for Bulgaria" and "We Continue the Change".

The contact group led by Plevneliev and Passy was formed on the initiative of GERB leader Boyko Borissov and aims to negotiate the formation of a government. It was announced by him during the party's first news conference after the October 2 early general elections.