Bulgaria still uncertain after early parliamentary elections
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During the early parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Sofia, Bulgaria, on July 11, 2021. REUTERS - SPASIYANA SERGIEVA
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The anti-system formation of singer Stanislav Trifonov was neck and neck Sunday evening July 11 with the center-right party of the outgoing Prime Minister Boïko Borissov, according to polls out of the polls.
The latter had to leave power, failing to have been able to build a coalition at the end of the legislative elections in April and give way to a provisional government, which called this new election.
But these elections, marked by strong abstention, may not end the political impasse.
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correspondent in Sofia,
Anastasia Becchio
In the main shopping street of Sofia, the final of the Euro football is the big winner of the election night. Like many here, Adelina Miteva did not even take the time to look at the results of the legislative elections before joining her friends to see the match. “I
don't think there will be any change
,” she said.
In fact, I am not optimistic about the situation in Bulgaria.
"
If the protest parties, led by the formation of singer Slavi Trifonov, have accentuated their breakthrough, the question of whether they will succeed in forming a majority remains open. If they fail, it will be necessary to organize new elections. The third in a few months. A prospect that does not frighten Ilya Zdravkov, a small entrepreneur, satisfied with the way in which the interim government set up after the departure of Boiko Borissov in May is working: “
I don't mind going to vote every three months, because I would like this government to stay as long as possible, because it has started to change the system. So we have to save time. They started to replace the old bandits, the Mafia. The cleaning has started, but it's taking a while.
"
Analysts warn against "
the weariness of public opinion
" in the event of new elections.
This Sunday, 3 out of 5 voters did not go to vote.
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