After another attempt to form a new government failed, Bulgaria President Rumens Radev announced on Tuesday that he will announce early parliamentary elections, which will take place on April 2 and will be the fifth in the last two years.
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“I will issue a decree on the dismissal of the parliament on February 3 and announce parliamentary elections on April 2,” Radev told reporters.
After the elections held in October, none of the major parties – neither the conservative GERB, which won the most votes, nor the runners-up “We continue change” (PP), nor the socialists – were able to secure the majority needed to form a government.
“The difficult political situation did not provide a solution again, and we are going to the next early parliamentary elections,” said Radev.
Since the fall of the communist regime in 1989, Bulgaria has never been in such deep political deadlock, and for most of the past two years, the country has been run by interim cabinets.
However, as experts admit, there are few chances that the upcoming elections in April will change the situation and give an opportunity to create a stable government. Some experts already predict that the sixth early elections will have to be held in the fall.
This could jeopardize Bulgaria’s planned accession to the eurozone in 2024.
