Bulgaria president warns of crisis amid rift with PM

Bloomberg

Bulgaria’s president deepened his rift with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s government, saying it had lost his trust and that the country was spiraling into a “sharp crisis” under its rule.
The comment from Rumen Radev escalates a confrontation with Borissov’s cabinet, which the president says has failed to fight graft. Bulgaria has been under scrutiny from the European Union over its poor adherence to the rule of law and limited success in fighting high-level corruption, which has prevented it from joining the Schengen travel-free zone.
“We’re witnessing a sharp crisis in the government at all levels,” Radev, whose immunity status is being probed by prosecutors, said. “This government and its leadership is leading to an institutional collapse and is depriving us of our future as a nation.”
Radev criticised the cabinet for a recent water-supply crisis that led to the resignation of a minister and a no-confidence vote that the cabinet survived, as well as for its failure to fight illegal garbage imports.