Log in to register 2nd December 2014 7:54:22 am Topic Channel Opinions Dossiers photos Official Journal Subscription ePaper Newsletter world Europe Austria Vienna Culture economy Sports continue Ads & service Side dishes You are here: news Europe European countries The victory already in your pocket from October 2nd, 2014, 9:00 p.m. European countries Bulgaria The victory already in your pocket items Worth reading (0) To press Letter to the editor From WZ correspondent Frank Stier The Bulgarians vote on Sunday. Gerb boss Boiko Borissov is already presenting himself as a superior winner. Sofia. The violent riots during protests against allegedly inflated electricity bills and demonstrations that forced the government to resign in August 2014 have been forgotten: After a year and a half of political tension, Bulgaria has now experienced a milder election campaign than ever in two and a half decades since the fall of the communists . Routinely, almost bored, the politicians reel off their public election campaigns and TV appearances; there is hardly any noticeable commitment to enthusiasm. If you stroll down the lively Vitosha Boulevard in the center of the capital Sofia, you will notice the lack of election posters. And even the business of buying votes, which traditionally flourishes in elections, is slack. "The vocal dealers are dissatisfied because no buyers are coming. But they are not coming, Leading candidate Boiko Borissov cultivates his own very personal way of campaigning. As if he were still prime minister and had never been in opposition for a year and a half, he travels across the country, opening a kindergarten here and a sports hall there. Pollsters predict him and his party Gerb (citizens for a European development of Bulgaria) a superior election victory over the BSP (Bulgarian Socialist Party) and the party of the Bulgarian Turks, the DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms). Erstmals seit 2005 könnte die nationalistische Ataka an der Vier-Prozent-Hürde scheitern und durch die neu gegründete Partei BBZ (Bulgarien ohne Zensur) des früheren TV-Moderators Nikolai Barekov oder den liberal-konservativen Reformerblock (RB) der ehemaligen EU-Kommissarin Meglena Kuneva ersetzt werden. Außenseiterchancen auf den Parlamentseinzug haben die vom früheren Staatspräsidenten Georgi Parvanov gegründete BSP-Abspaltung ABW (Alternative für Bulgariens Wiedergeburt) und das nationalistische Parteienbündnis PF (Patriotische Front). Difficult search for coalition partners A steadily increasing deficit in the state budget, the unsolved problem with the Korporativna Targovska Banka, which was closed in mid-June 2014, and a long series of reforms in the health, education and pension systems that have been neglected for years would be more than enough controversial issues a heated electoral debate. read more on page 2 of 2 To press Tags Bulgaria , parliamentary elections , Boiko Borissov Reader comments By submitting the comment, you accept our online terms of use . Notify me of replies Geben Sie hier Ihren Kommentar ein... Submit * Mandatory fields (email address will not be published) More from the department War of divorce in Russian Moscow declares the South Stream pipeline project to be canceled. The gas pipeline got because of the EU's blocking stance no sense. 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