- summary
- On 5 November 2025 the National Assembly set up (111 votes to 51) a temporary commission 'to establish facts and circumstances regarding the activities of George Soros and Alexander Soros and their foundations' in Bulgaria, including their funding of individuals, organisations and NGOs and their links with parties, magistrates, schools, media and state bodies, with powers to summon people for public questioning. It was adopted one day after being proposed by MPs of DPS–New Beginning, led by Delyan Peevski, who is sanctioned under the US Global Magnitsky Act. In January 2026 GERB tabled a bill to end the commission early, arguing that parliament has no legal basis to investigate private individuals or foundations.
- country
- Bulgaria
- date text
- 05/11/2025
- entities
- DPS–New Beginning MPs (Delyan Peevski); National Assembly majority
- entity type
- Parliament
- id
- 1177
- name
- DPS–New Beginning MPs (Delyan Peevski); National Assembly majority
- role
- actor
- CSOs funded by the Open Society Foundations and other foreign donors; people and institutions linked to them
- entity type
- Sector
- id
- 1178
- name
- CSOs funded by the Open Society Foundations and other foreign donors; people and institutions linked to them
- role
- target
- DPS–New Beginning MPs (Delyan Peevski); National Assembly majority
- sources
- tactics
- Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization
- label
- Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization
- code
- TC-17
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Official Foreign Mercenary Labeling
- label
- Official Foreign Mercenary Labeling
- code
- TC-43
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization
- narratives
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- channels
- Parliamentary inquiry commission with summoning powers
- consequence category
- Legal/Administrative + Social Trust Erosion
- created at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:52.609361+00:00
- date precision
- day
- escalation
- 4
- harm track
- Both
- id
- BGR-002
- institutional consequence
- Institutional investigation of CSOs; Narrative damage; Chilling effect
- notes
- Coded Sep 25 2026 from Civic Space Watch. Three-month mandate. Early-termination bill debated January 2026; outcome to check.
- occurred on
- 2025-11-05
- trigger type
- TR-08: Proactive / Ambient
- updated at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:52.609361+00:00
- version
- 1
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