Bulgaria's ex-PM Borissov seeks path to coalition in fractured parliament

Boyko Borissov, former long-serving premier and leader of the centre-right GERB party gives a news briefing after winning Sunday's snap polls, in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's former prime minister Boyko Borissov said on Tuesday his centre-right GERB party would seek talks with political rivals to try to form a government after an election win that offered no clear path to a coalition.

GERB won the Oct. 2 election with 25.3% of the vote, but it faces a hung parliament, raising the risk of another snap poll as the Black Sea country seeks to contain the impact of Europe's energy crisis and surging inflation amid war in Ukraine.