Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, secured the most votes in the parliamentary elections but will need at least two partners to form a coalition government. With low voter turnout and a fragmented parliament, political stability in the country remains uncertain.
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In terms of political experiments, Bulgaria has tried everything. In 2001, it brought from Madrid the former King Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who was elected in a landslide but a few years later disappeared from politics when the miracles he had promised didn’t happen.
The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appeared to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday, with 99% of the ballots counted. Results showed the GERB party receiving 26.6% of the vote, nearly 2% more than the pro-Western reformist bloc led by the We Continue the Change…