Gabriel resigns as EU research commissioner to try forming Bulgarian government
EU Research Commissioner Mariya Gabriel resigned her Brussels post to focus on trying to form Bulgaria’s next coalition government, the European Commission confirmed. Gabriel was called up to Sofia last week to help her centre-right party GERB form a governing coalition after it won 26.5% of the vote in a snap election last month. Today, she informed the Commission that she is getting a formal mandate from the Bulgarian President to lead the political negotiations in Sofia.