Bulgaria's former President Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria party won the April 19 parliamentary election by a landslide, securing nearly 45% of the vote and at least 135 seats in the 240-seat National Assembly, Reuters reported on April 20. Radev stated he would seek coalition partners, and the liberal, pro-EU We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition, which placed third at around 13%, has signaled openness to cooperation.