Bulgaria holds another snap election, no stable government in sight

FILE PHOTO: Boyko Borissov, former Bulgarian Prime Minister and leader of centre-right GERB party arrives for an election rally, ahead of the snap election on October 27, in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, October 23, 2024. The text reads "Security and stability". REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarians head to the polls on Sunday for their seventh snap election in four years but opinion surveys suggest it is unlikely to break a political deadlock that has slowed economic reforms in the European Union's poorest member state.

Bulgaria has been plagued by short-lived governments since 2020 when anti-graft protests helped end a coalition led by the centre-right GERB party.