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Progressive Bulgaria

Progressive Bulgaria is the political coalition led by former president Rumen Radev that won Bulgaria's 19 April 2026 snap election with 44.594% and 131 seats.

Last refreshed: 30 April 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic

Key Question

How does Progressive Bulgaria's April 2026 majority secure Bulgaria's nomad permit?

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Won 44.594% and 131 seats in the 19 April election, forming the first single-party majority since 1997

Nomads & Communities: Vazrazhdane crashes; Bulgaria's nomad permit holds
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Common Questions
What is Progressive Bulgaria's position on the digital nomad permit?
Progressive Bulgaria is expected to maintain Bulgaria's December 2025 digital nomad permit; its April 2026 Coalition win and Vazrazhdane's collapse below the 5% threshold removed the primary parliamentary opposition to the scheme.Source: Novinite / Dnevnik
What is Progressive Bulgaria's position on digital nomads?
Progressive Bulgaria won an outright majority in April 2026 on a pro-EU platform; it has given no signal of intent to unwind Bulgaria's December 2025 digital-nomad permit and is expected to maintain or expand the scheme.Source: Novinite / Central Election Commission Bulgaria
Is Rumen Radev the Prime Minister of Bulgaria after April 2026?
No. Radev is Bulgaria's President. Progressive Bulgaria's April 2026 election win means the Coalition will nominate a prime minister from its own ranks; Radev remains in his constitutional role as head of state.Source: Bulgarian Constitution / Novinite

Background

Progressive Bulgaria is the political bloc led by former president Rumen Radev that won the 19 April 2026 Bulgarian snap election with 44.594% of the vote and 131 seats — the first single-party majority in the Narodno Sabranie since 1997. Radev is Bulgaria's incumbent President; constitutionally he cannot simultaneously serve as prime minister. Progressive Bulgaria's parliamentary majority means it will nominate a prime minister from within its ranks. The Coalition is firmly pro-EU, supports Bulgaria's Schengen accession (December 2024) and Eurozone accession (January 2025), and has given no signal of intent to unwind the digital-nomad permit launched in December 2025.

Note: Progressive Bulgaria and PP-DB (We Continue the Change — Democratic Bulgaria, id 4973) are distinct formations. PP-DB took 12.618% and 37 seats separately. Radev has ruled out coalitions with Boyko Borissov (GERB), Delyan Peevski (MRF) and the PP-DB alliance, meaning Progressive Bulgaria governs with its 131-seat majority alone. The permit is no longer a hostage to Coalition arithmetic involving Vazrazhdane, which crashed to 4.257%.

For the nomads-and-communities topic, Progressive Bulgaria's outright majority is the structural fact that matters: it removes every veto player who might have unwound the nomad permit in exchange for Coalition concessions. The party's pro-EU, anti-corruption positioning makes expansion of the scheme — rather than its removal — the more plausible medium-term scenario.