Both Deputy Prime Minister Karakachanov and the leader of the Patriotic Front parliamentary fraction Siderov threaten to leave the coalition if the GERB party votes in the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. The vote is a litmus test for the chances of the Bulgarian government to see through the four year term to the end.
Prime Minister Borissov has remained mute while the country navigates the EU Presidency in the first half of 2018