Bulgaria's Prime minister-designate Nikolay Denkov (C) of the anti-graft party We Continue the Change (PP) addresses media next to the former EU commissioner for innovation, Bulgaria's Mariya Gabriel (L) from conservative GERB party during a joint news conference in Sofia on May 22, 2023. Former EU commissioner for innovation Mariya Gabriel, tasked with leading political negotiations in Bulgaria, said on May 22, 2023 that a compromise to form "a stable government" had been reached after five elections in two years. (Photo by DIMITAR KYOSEMARLIEV / AFP)