Today’s papers again focus on the results of the early parliamentary elections held in the country on Sunday and possible scenarios for the formation of a cabinet after GERB won the election, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) came second and the United Patriots came third, and will likely play the role of counterpoise.

“A ruling coalition of maximum compromise and minimum scruples in the offing,” writes Sega newspaper on its front page and adds that GERB, the United Patriots and Volya have practically no point of contact in their election manifestoes or the values they advertise. GERB’s potential partners started raising the stakes on the very next day after, Monday. Volya leader, the businessman from Varna Mareshki did not mince words and directly demanded ministerial seats in exchange for support in parliament, with one of them being minister of economy, the paper writes.

On his part, Valery Simeonov, co-chairman of the nationalist United Patriots was cagey: “There might be a cabinet together with GERB, then again there might not be”.

Sega comments that the European People’s Party, of which Borissov’s party GERB is a member, is decidedly against an alliance with the nationalists.

“A party with forged documents enters parliament,” reads a headline carried by Trud newspaper. “A dozen members of parliament from Volya and their leader Veselin Mareshki are entering parliament. This was allowed to happen even though there are irrefutable facts, established after an investigation by Trud that forged documents were used to register Volya.”

Standart newspaperpublishes the letter by Jean-Claude Juncker in which the president of the European Commission congratulates Boyko Borissov on GERB’s election victory and states that he is counting on Borissov’s leadership qualities and his responsibility to form a steady government soon.

24 Chassa writes: “Valery Simeonov threatens GERB: Either just 6 polling stations in Turkey or we’ll be negotiating with the BSP.”

Capital Daily comments that in the eyes of Europe, the United Patriots as part of the Borissov cabinet would be a liability, and the repercussions in Turkey would be even worse.

Compiled by Atanas Tsenov

English version: Milena Daynova