Bulgarian president resigns, seeks to become prime minister

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Bulgarian president resigns, seeks to become prime minister  The emergence of a new political party led by now-former President Rumen Radev could significantly reshape not only Bulgaria’s domestic affairs but also its foreign policy.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/19/president-bulgaria-resignation  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Bulgaria's President Ruman Radev announced on Monday he is stepping down from his post,

00:06a decision signalling the launch of a bid for prime minister ahead of a snap parliamentary

00:11election. Under the constitution, the current vice president Ilyana Yotova must be sworn in

00:18by parliament to take the post until the end of the presidential mandate.

00:23Radev's resignation is the first by a head of state in Bulgaria's post-communist history

00:27and comes as the country struggles to overcome a prolonged political crisis.

00:32The answer is in the judicial management model. It has the external meanings of democracy,

00:41but it actually works by the oligarchs mechanisms. Bulgarian politics is happening outside institutions.

00:52Radev has indicated he may take part in new elections, planned after large anti-corruption protests

01:06last month forced the resignation of the governing center-right coalition. The left-leaning

01:11president was an opponent of the government and threw his support to the protests in early

01:16December. While Radev did not reveal his plans, the public expectation is that he will form a new

01:21political party.

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