Sofia ANALYSIS Polit-Barometer GEORGI KARASIMEONOV(EDITOR) Year 19, Issue 2 – April-June 2019 n The European elections confirmed the political status quo and showed that there is no alternative in which voters are wont to place their trust. The campaign of compromis ­ing others led to an ebbing of voters and has confirmed the tendency of lack of confi ­dence in the political elite and political parties as a whole. Scandals related to apart ­ments and guest houses once again raised the issue of corruption in power. n BSP lost the next elections, even though they had a favourable political situation brought about by the scandals related to GERB. Instead of standing more consolidated at these elections, BSP sank into serious internal struggles to sort out the party list, which, as expected, had a negative impact in the course of the campaign. The party went to the elections disunited and tried to achieve an effect with a negative campaign. This, on the one hand, repelled voters who were hesitating, and on the other hand con ­solidated GERB. n The conflicts between the leaders of the United Patriots and the insults they exchanged during the campaign have burned the last bridges between them. Despite this, it is unlikely that the ruling majority will break down, because what still brings together the three formations is power and staying there at all costs. The European elections changed the distribution of forces between the three parties. The nationalist vote con ­solidates itself in IMRO and the party will have two MEPs in elections where candi ­dates stand independently, which is undoubtedly a success for it. n „Democratic Bulgaria“ achieved the minimum stated in their programme of at least one MEP. Although the electoral barrier was passed due to lower activity and with the help of the votes from abroad, the European elections again returned the liberal urban right to the political scene. The formation continues to demonstrate a highly regional char ­acter- nearly 40% of the votes were received in Sofia.