What is your opinion about the new prime minister of Bulgaria Rosen Zhelyazkov?
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CerbulLopatar@reddit
Jew PM, nice šµšµšµ
TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit
is he jewish?
CerbulLopatar@reddit
I have no idea, I was joking. But Rosen Iām pretty sure is a Jewish name
Dismal-Attitude-5439@reddit
He looks like a thumb with a face.
He looks like he has multiple corruption charges before he steps in office.
His copper tie is a nod to the wires his electorate likes to steal.
His tired, dead eyes are a giveaway to the horrid sexual favours he gave to Pumpkin and the Pig to secure his job.
His lumpy neck is a homage to the lumpy roads he oversaw the consruction of as a the former transport minister.
His unkept facial hair looks exactly like the unkept facial hair of the sysadmins he personally tormented as Minister for transport and IT when the (I kid you not) the entirety of the bulgarian revenue agency got hacked in 2019
LegendarniKakiBaki@reddit
Thanks mate... this will follow me for life
_MekkeliMusrik@reddit
I was going to say penis but that would be too offensive (just an observation it's not how I think of him)
Burekenjoyer69@reddit
edophx@reddit
I just laughed out and woke up my wife, now she's gonna be mad at me...... worth it.
PublicPalpitation618@reddit
_-Event-Horizon-_@reddit
Now I canāt unsee it.
apalepexp201@reddit
I have no idea who this guy is?
Little_Coffee5314@reddit
Zhelyazkov used to be a speaker of the National Assembly and was also a minister of transport. His political career started at GERB and he is very loyal to the party.
He gained popularity in 2013 with the so called āKostinbrod affairā, when GERB were accused of preparing to manipulate the elections after 400,000 excess ballots were found in a printing house in Kostinbrod (a town near Sofia). It happened a day ahead of the elections and Zhelyazkov was the main character in the story, because he was charged with failing to exercise control on the election logistics as a chief secretary of the caretaker government. The charges were not proven and later he was acquitted. I think that it is important to note that the first choice for the role of a prime minister was Boyko Borisov himself. He stepped down because of the negotiations with āWe continue to change - Democratic Bulgariaā, who refused to back Borisov up as a PM. Zhelyazkov was GERBās second choice and that gives me the impression that Borisov trusts him completely to fulfil their goals, even if Borisov stays in the shadow. Yet I donāt think the cabinet will last long. As for his personal life, Zhelyazkov plays the guitar, rides a motorcycle and Iāve seen him on rock concerts. He has a wife and two daughters.
Andreuw5@reddit
Peevsky and Borisov puppets.
SirDoodThe1st@reddit
Iām predicting APS will get into a disagreement with him and stop supporting the government by summer, leading to the governmentās collapse
MikeBrowne2010@reddit
Leave some ladies for the rest of us
eferalgan@reddit
I only know Borisov, the former bodyguard
Lakuriqidites@reddit
Considering the longevity of the Bulgarian cabinets, he will be the PM for about 2 weeks
mao_dze_dun@reddit
The two smaller parties in the coalition basically sold their soul for the government to even happen. There is absolutely no political future for at least one of them, which came into existence on the promise of removing the big party in the coalition from power forever Though it might be end of the road for the socialists, as well, since they've been on a downward spiral for 15 years now. So, both are directly interested in the government holding out as long as possible. Don't get me wrong - no way in hell will they do the full four years. This is Bulgaria after all :D. My guess is the whole thing will come crashing down at the end of year two when they have to vote the budget for 2027.
StormTheTrooper@reddit
Was going to ask this, how long will he last? It feels that every Bulgarian government is Mr. Lettuce competition.
Besrax@reddit
It's unknown how these parties will get along, given that they are quite different. Probably sooner rather than later.
Correct_Body8532@reddit
This time it will last in my opinion. All parties involved in the government are very corrupt and will manage to get along as long as the money continues to flow.
Bubbly_Ad427@reddit
Liz Truss' governemnt felt like full mandate in comparison to ours.
Any_Solution_4261@reddit
I thought Bulgarians live long lives. Apparently not long political careers.
geo0rgi@reddit
This guy knows Bulgarian politics
Sudden_Willow6768@reddit
Meh...one extra russian puppet. Bravo BG. As always, the country doesn't dissapoint. They remain as backwards as ever, keep supporting communists altough they live like animals compared to rest of EU. And that's not derogatory. It's meant to express the hardship they go trough. But still spineless nation.
meksicka-salata@reddit
If he's not gonna disturb the business of my bulgarian friends, I'm happy
more TOBISHA and Samungs electronics please! More pirate software!
Dpishkata94@reddit
the next trash
Tony_G2@reddit
here's how it works: the m@f|ja rules in BulgariŠ°...
Brussels tolerates it, because in exchange, the maf.govt are "yes men" and ready to sell any national interest in exchange to be left in power.
cava-lier@reddit
Just curious, did GERB manage to make a coalition with anyone?
Fit_Instruction3646@reddit
Yes, with the "anti-GERB" parties and the Turks.
cava-lier@reddit
Can you please send me the link so I can read? Thanks
Fit_Instruction3646@reddit
You can't Google? But I'll summarize it for you. After several attempts of forming a government over the years Gerb finally made a coalition with ITN (populist led by Slavi Trifonov), BSP (old-style socialists with Russian connections) and DPS (a Turkish minority party). ITN won the elections twice back in 2021 running on a firm anti-Gerb platform. However, Slavi declined forming a government and many accused him of being a traitor and a hidden asset of Boyko. Then he became part of a large coalition with PPDB (western liberals) and BSP. But then the war in Ukraine broke out, BSP were uncomfortable with supporting a pro-Western government and then Slavi withdrew from the coalition allegedly because of Western pressure on the government to reach a compromise with Macedonia. Many said that he was only wanting to bring Boyko back. Now there's hardly any doubt about him being an asset of Boyko. And BSP for many years was seen as the main opposition party against GERB, however, after several unsuccessful election results their leader finally resigned. The new leader was accused of being pro-GERB even before his election, he turns out to be exactly that. So now there's hardly any difference between GERB and BSP. Finally, DPS had two leaders until recently- the old one, Ahmed Dogan, an ethnic Turk and founder of the party was for many years considered to be one of the most powerful people in the country. DPS was always the one party noone wanted to make coalition with but had to in order to form a government. And Dogan was very shrewd in wielding that power. He got old though and resigned. Recently, the oligarch Delyan Peevski was elected as leader of DPS. An ethnic Bulgarian he's considered to be one of the most important and powerful Mafia bosses in the country. After the last elections though Dogan got scared that Peevski is getting too powerful and was stealing the party so he emerged from resignation and tried to oust Peevski. None of them would back down so they split the party. Ironically, Peevski got more votes than dogan mainly because of bought Gypsy vote. Anyway, now that it seemed Peevski had finally won, Dogan supported the new government eventually getting back to power. The old hawk is shrewd indeed.
Anwyay, now we have a government run by oligarchs, socialists and schizophreniacs. Great.
cava-lier@reddit
I was a but too lazy to google tbh, thank you. I kinda expected DPS, but ITNĀ and BSP? Holy shit
Tony_G2@reddit
They just uncovered their true faces they had masked pretending to be "against the mafia".
lermontov1948@reddit
Fun_Deer_6850@reddit
He seems like a good guy.
Wonderful_CG@reddit
Good guy for mafia ā¦
BlueShibe@reddit
Jeff Bezos after a year in Bulgaria:
ProductGuy48@reddit
Donāt know anything about him.
What are his main policies? Will he survive as PM longer than the last one?
el_primo@reddit
no real policies, just clientelism
Thalassophoneus@reddit
It's a relief to know Greece doesn't have a monopoly in nepotism and kleptocracy.
OkCheesecake5894@reddit
Vlacho-bulgaro-heleno union when
el_primo@reddit
You've given the world more than you suppose:)
ProductGuy48@reddit
Sounds like a winner š
el_primo@reddit
we are alredy joking when are we going to catch up with the Romanias..
ProductGuy48@reddit
Donāt worry our government is an identical clown show
oktaS0@reddit
Name a Balkan county whose government isn't a circus of clowns...
Aggressive_Limit2448@reddit
What does that term Balkan means? Bulgaria is part of EU and Schengen and soon of Eurozone.
oktaS0@reddit
What? It's geographically and culturally Balkan.
Aggressive_Limit2448@reddit
All Balkan countries which joined EU and transformed are much different than for example Kosovo, Bosnia or Serbia. However yes it's Balkans.
oktaS0@reddit
Lol. Sure, being in the EU means having better standards of living, but being in the EU doesn't affect people's culture or their geography.
Aggressive_Limit2448@reddit
Is affected culturally because there is more connections with developed countries and better standards yes
bigsamdisciple@reddit
You mean more people have moved out to other EU countries, right?
Also, flair up cigan.
Consistent_Duck851@reddit
It means a place where the average person has the IQ of a potato
ProductGuy48@reddit
lol š Amen to that
Aggressive_Limit2448@reddit
It's not like the potato in Belarus
el_primo@reddit
Economy statistics still show a widening gap to you guys
ProductGuy48@reddit
I donāt know why our two countries donāt have more of a joint industrial strategy so we can build bigger ventures with joint capital.
kenefa21@reddit
There should be better transport. Sadly, there is no interstate connecting Sofia with Bucharest. That's a big problem in general. Romania should have fast connections with Greece as well and Bulgaria with Albania, etc.
ProductGuy48@reddit
Yeah agree, I think connecting Bucharest to Sofia should be top priority, we would probably need to build another bridge over the Danube though.
Disastrous-Data438@reddit
Well because both sides know how corrupt the other is so... we only play that game with EU funds. Those suckers...
BraveBG@reddit
And to think that once we were better than the Romanians and now they're far ahead of us ..
ARJay98@reddit
???
Other-Effective-8374@reddit
ā Balkan approved
PublicPalpitation618@reddit
Policies?! I bet he would need to look the meaning of the word in the dictionary
toshu@reddit
He's a Borisov puppet. His main policies are keeping that sweet corruption going on, while maintaining a pro-European stance to not anger Brussels too much.
But the good news is that having an elected government right now makes it very likely we'll join the Eurozone on 1 January 2026. We've just fulfilled the inflation criteria (which was the last thing we hadn't fulfilled), now we can (and will) immediately ask for a review to then set an accession date.
New-Interaction1893@reddit
I'm happy that Bruxelles few years ago randomly woke up and started questioning about if it's good to give money to enemies of Europe.
At least now they are trying to fake "not being sino-russian puppets"
Radiant-Safe-1377@reddit
main policy is surviving the general prosecutor elections, putting a mafia marionette in charge of all judges and get a āget out of jail for freeā card
ShekSpir4o@reddit
Fuckin' puppet of the mafia, that's what he is, honestly..
We've been in this vicious circle of major Bullshit since 1990.
WaffleCatGameHugSMSM@reddit
He looks like that egg face meme
Competitive-Read1543@reddit
you guys formed a govt? well look at you
moistmozarella@reddit
He does not look very trustworthy, it's the eyes.
Thalassophoneus@reddit
Another conservative populist. Europe is going to shit.
Besrax@reddit
Not conservative. Maybe a bit populist, yes. But most of all, corrupt.
Elegant-Spinach-7760@reddit
Easy comes easy goes. Tell me who will be the PM next month
Besrax@reddit
Will keep you updated. š
xxbronxx@reddit
Well I don't hate him ... From gerb he is one of few I can listen without hating the life and the existence :D
Empty_Success759@reddit
Backstabbing poop enjoyer.
emD-Emma@reddit
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Any_Solution_4261@reddit
Is his hair longer than his beard or the other way around?
SomeOneOutThere-1234@reddit
Temporary
smoothieeeee12@reddit
Peevski's pu**y. Hope his family will suffer.
_-Event-Horizon-_@reddit
Bulgaria finally having a regular government reminds me of when the king returned to Gondor.
But you know, with corruption and stuff.
Fit_Instruction3646@reddit
We had several regular governments over the last 5 years but they don't last much longer than the interim ones. I doubt this one will last either.
Mesenterium@reddit
It's more like the scouring of the Shire situation if you ask me
dmrpt@reddit
Isn't he a convicted criminal?
LazoVodolazo@reddit
Bruh even as bulgarian i have no idea who this dude is u really expect ppl from other countries to have an opinion about him
Consistent_Duck851@reddit
They conjured him up for the occassion
Consistent_Duck851@reddit
Hes gonna make Bulgaria great again
Any-Worry-4011@reddit
Looks like this guy
HetmanBriukhovenko@reddit
If he lasts a month he is definitely blessed by the ghost of Krum the Fearsome given the longevity of Bulgarian PMs...
Suitable-Decision-26@reddit
I don't think anybody in Bulgaria knows anything about him, let alone the Balkans.
mrPenetrator420@reddit
I do not know him, but he looks like a boos at my local tyre shop
Plastic_Shop6274@reddit
Never heard of him, but knowing he we'll last until the snow melts, I don't give a F...
TheSamuil@reddit
So, you believe that his mandate is to be on the longer side?
Plastic_Shop6274@reddit
The snow is already melting soā¦
TheSamuil@reddit
I suppose so, though it was still snowing this morning in Sofia. Still, lasting even half as long as the snow is an achievement nowadays
HumanMan00@reddit
So his name is Rose Ironers? š
determine96@reddit
No, it's more like Dew Ironers.
HumanMan00@reddit
Ahhh, makes sense, makes sense š
Inside-Inspection-83@reddit
Why does the leadership keep changing? Is this not destabilising to the country? And who is at fault?
notoriousbgone@reddit
Who?
proBICEPS@reddit
He looks like a person with no opinion. I'd expect him to do whatever he is told.
elusivemoods@reddit
What is there to think: He's a bulgar.
Mesenterium@reddit
GoHardLive@reddit
i can smell the corruption scandals from here already
BankBackground2496@reddit
You are asking us to judge a man by his looks only.
Bubbly_Ad427@reddit
This morning the center of Sofia was full with cops in expectation of protests. There were, like, a dozen of protestors.
TracknTrace85@reddit
i hope he does not have balkan mentality of, having to be politiscian just to steal $ and betray his country like everyone does
KalinVidinski@reddit
He looks like the used condom of Boyko Borisov
simke4@reddit
All politicians are cunts.
nasosroukounas@reddit
he looks like he had his face photoshopped on his body
Salesforlifezzzz@reddit
Difficult last name
LuckiKunsei48@reddit
Balkan last names are hard to produce
geo0rgi@reddit
It's because we have more sounds in our alphabet which makes it weird translated into English
Š is zh, Š© is sht, ŠÆ is ya and so on
petahthehorseisheah@reddit
zh
kjh6789@reddit
A puppet of Boyko Borisov, no more.
Nal1999@reddit
He is like a Roman Emperor around 320 AD.
His time is "limited".
xoxowony@reddit
He's a convicted felon and Boiko's favourite dog
official_cenobyte@reddit
Nice soft double chin
desiderkino@reddit
he has funny head
toshu@reddit
He's the new headmaster.
gesti2002@reddit
Heās the head connoisseur
el_primo@reddit
Mafia marionette
RubMyNose18@reddit
I literally cannot keep track of them. They change every 6 months.
On another note. He reminds me of Sid from "Ice age" and Sheldon Cooper from "The Big bang theory".
dwartbg9@reddit
VastUnderstanding326@reddit
Human.