SOFIA (Reuters) - The head of Bulgaria's ruling Socialist party backed calls on Friday for an early election, setting the clock ticking on an unpopular minority government that looks increasingly unlikely to survive into next year.
Pressure has mounted on technocrat Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski's government since May's European parliament elections, which the centre-right opposition GERB party won by a bigger-than-expected margin.
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