Bulgaria heading to another snap election after parties fail to form government

5/8/2024 19:23

        Bulgaria's small There Is Such a People (ITN) party returned the mandate to form a government to President Rumen Radev on Monday after failing to build a
        stable coalition, putting the country on course for its seventh legislative election in three years.
        
        The ITN, which came sixth in an inconclusive June 8 election with only 16 seats in the 240-seat parliament, was offered the mandate on July 29 after the centre-right GERB and the reformist We Continue the Change (PP) had failed to form a government.
        
        "We found out that we do not have common goals ... So we give back the mandate unfulfilled," ITN's leader Toshko Iordanov told Radev
        
        Radev must now appoint a caretaker prime minister and has days to call snap vote, the seventh since 2021, which must happen within two months.
        
        "The spiral of inconclusive elections continues ... and (it)not only causes irritation, but also unlocks a number of destructive processes," Radev said.