EThere are fiends, monsters, monstrosities, absurdities, huge sums, storms, monsters and tons of other bad words, but so far there are no non-coalitions in German. Absolutely in Bulgaria. As “Nekoalizijata” – in English “un-coalition” or “non-coalition” – the Bulgarians mocked the cabinet that could only be formed last year after five closely successive parliamentary elections. That was the point, because compared to the quarrels of the Sofia un-coalition, the German traffic light is almost addicted to harmony.
The core of the now invalid non-coalition was formed by two parties that are largely on the same line when it comes to foreign policy, but are fighting each other with all possible means internally: the “Citizens for a European Development of Bulgaria” (Gerb) of the long-standing Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the party “We are setting Continuing Change” by two Harvard graduates, Kyrill Petkow and Assen Wassilew, who entered politics as successful entrepreneurs. Because the alliance, which was formed only reluctantly, has now fallen apart again after just nine months, Bulgaria will soon be holding its sixth parliamentary election in three years.