Bulgarian President Rumen Radev makes a statement announcing a parliamentary snap election, in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria's president said on Wednesday he will call a snap parliamentary election for July and name a technocrat interim Cabinet next week, after politicians failed in a third attempt to form a government a month after an inconclusive vote.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov failed to form a new coalition after widespread anger at corruption in Europe's poorest country hit support for his centre-right GERB party in the April 4 election, though it remained the biggest group in parliament.
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