Bulgaria: 'Revival's' Fourth Attempt at Foreign Agents Law Fizzles in Committee

The proposal for a "foreign agents" law, introduced by the pro-Russian party "Revival" (Vazrazdhane) and modeled after a similar Russian law, failed in its first reading within a parliamentary committee focused on culture and media. The bill garnered support solely from deputies aligned with Kostadin Kostadinov's party.

In a vote that saw representatives from "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB), GERB, and DPS opposing the law, members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and "There Is Such a People" (TISP) chose to abstain....