New Bulgarian Parliament: Rumen Radev's Party Blocks Oligarch Inquiry Committees in First Test

In the first working day of Bulgaria’s new parliament, Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria (PB) found itself at the center of a political dispute after refusing to back proposals to create parliamentary commissions targeting influential figures and oligarchs such as Delyan Peevski and Ivo Prokopiev. The votes were widely interpreted as a signal of the party’s cautious approach to confrontations framed around oligarchic influence, despite its public promises to challenge entrenched power structures. Further reading: First Session in Bulgaria's New Parliament: Radev Blocks Committees on Peevski Assets ...