The lack of a clear vision about overcoming the crisis and the cha­otic and inconsistent moves in the government’s decision-making pro­cess to this effect brought about the first more tangible decline in the confidence rating of the Cabinet. The ruling party continues to focus its efforts on combating crime, which thus far has won the approval of the country’s population. Should, however, the situation in the country re­main unchanged over the following months, and should the confidence rating of the ruling party continue to decline, possible re-shuffles in the government cannot be ruled out. Boiko Borissov has already said that the economic team of the government needs some reinforcement. Therefore, it is in the economic team precisely that changes are likely to take place. The Blue Coalition is becoming increasingly more critical with respect to the economic policy pursued by the government. Although it gave its support to the updating of the government budget, the Blue Coali­tion insists on launching reforms in the sectors of healthcare, pensions, and the state administration. Should the government fail to overcome the crisis, the Blue Coalition might withdraw its support for the GERB Party altogether. This, however, could take place at the end of the year at the earliest, when the real outcomes from the fulfillment of the government budget may become obvious. The majority of the electorate cannot recognize the BSP as a political alternative to the GERB Party. The reasons why lie in the fact that the party is focusing too many of its resources on internal party in-fights. This cre­ates conditions for the isolation of the party elite from both the grass-root party membership and the supporters of the party, and also leads to the encapsulation of the party.