site.btaGerman Chancellor Congratulates Rumen Radev on Election Victory

Germany’s Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated Rumen Radev in a phone call on Thursday on the overwhelming victory of Progressive Bulgaria in the parliamentary elections and expressed the German government’s readiness to work with Bulgaria’s future regular government, the press office of Progressive Bulgaria said.

During the conversation, Radev said that Germany is a leading investment, economic, and foreign trade partner of Bulgaria, and that German investments in the country make a significant contribution to the development of industry and production.

The two also discussed a number of challenges facing the European Union, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and its consequences in the areas of security, as well as in the social and economic spheres.