Bulgaria’s Socialists Face Internal Revolt as Executive Bureau Quits, Pressure Mounts on Zafirov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is facing a deep internal crisis after the entire Executive Bureau submitted its resignation, while party chairman Atanas Zafirov chose to remain in office. The move affects the party’s closest leadership circle but does not include the chairman himself.

The developments follow weeks of nationwide protests against the governing model and the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s cabinet, in which the BSP was a coalition partner....