Bulgaria holds seventh election in four years as coalitions fail again


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  • Thursday, 24 Oct 2024

"We Continue the Change" party leader and former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov attends an election meeting, ahead of the snap election on October 27, in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarians head to the polls on Sunday in the seventh snap election inside four years as the country's fractured political parties struggle to form a stable coalition and voters become increasingly apathetic about the outcome.

Bulgaria, the poorest member of the European Union and one of its most corrupt states, has been plagued by revolving-door governments since anti-graft protests in 2020 helped topple a coalition led by the centre-right GERB party.

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