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The 2021 Bulgarian election produced a fragmented result, with six different parties entering parliament. The country’s incumbent Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has already indicated that he will not put himself forward as a candidate to lead the next government.
Ivaylo Dinev
Petar Bankov
assess the options for a new coalition and what failure to reach an agreement would mean for the country’s future.
The election held in Bulgaria on 4 April produced a fragmented parliament with no clear winners, making government formation a challenging task. The centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and its leader, Boyko Borisov, have seen their grip on power weakened as a result of their handling of the pandemic and major anti-government protests that took place last year.
The current
anti-epidemic measures which were introduced on 27 November 2020 to apply till 31 January 2021, proposed the National Operative Staff and Health Minister Kostadin Angelov after the meeting with Premier Boyko Borissov.
Exceptions will be made for students from 1st to 4th grade, kindergartens and dining areas in hotels.
As early as last week, the Prime Minister requested a report on the effectiveness of
anti-epidemic measures and an expert opinion on their results, given the current situation with COVID-19. The public expects of us to be informed in the coming days and in due course about what we intend to do solely on the basis of medical expertise - according to the number of infected, the recovered, etc. , said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the beginning of the meeting.