Overview
- Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his government's resignation just before a scheduled seventh no-confidence vote this year, saying parliamentary decisions must reflect the people's will.
- He said he had no doubt the cabinet would have survived the vote, framing the decision as a response to sustained public mobilization.
- Weeks of demonstrations that began over budget provisions grew into the largest anti-corruption protests in years, drawing tens of thousands in Sofia and spreading to Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.
- Protesters chanted for the removal of power brokers Delian Peevski and Boyko Borissov, as students marched from Sofia University to Independence Square.
- The ousted minority coalition of GERB, BSP and ITN had relied on external support from DPS‑NN, and President Rumen Radev will now consult parties on forming a new cabinet with the option to appoint an interim administration if talks fail.