Parliamentary deadlock remains in Bulgaria after early fifth parliamentary elections
A Bulgarian voter slips her ballot into the ballot box for the parliamentary elections, in Sofia, April 2, 2023. REUTERS - SPASIYANA SERGIEVA
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The result is still the same: the Bulgarian Parliament will find it very difficult to find a way out of the political deadlock in which the country has found itself for two years. The elections on Sunday 2 April did not produce a clear winner who could form a stable government.
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With our correspondent in Sofia, Damian Vodenitcharov
The two main rivals are the GERB-Union of Democratic Forces coalition led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, and the coalition between We Continue Change and Democratic Bulgaria led by former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov. The two formations are almost tied according to the preliminary results. They get just over 25% each.
Third place is also disputed between the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and the ultranationalists of the "Renaissance". The PS remains fifth with 9%.
No natural coalition is conceivable for the moment, while the Parliament promises to be too fragmented for a party to achieve a majority and form a government. These same parties could not agree to form a government of national unity before the dissolution of the previous Parliament. The talks are therefore expected to be difficult. No surprise either with regard to abstentionism: only 40.5% of voters went to the polls on Sunday, April 2, against 39.4% during the last legislative elections in October 2022.
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