Bulgaria’s new parliament: Rumen Radev party blocks oligarch inquiry committees

On 2026-05-08, Bulgaria’s new parliament in Sofia rejected proposals to create two parliamentary investigative committees targeting the declared assets of Delyan Peevski and the influence of the so-called Capital circle linked to Ivo Prokopiev. The vote came during the legislature’s first working plenary session and was reported as the first major test for Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria.