Bulgaria's biggest party rejects offer to form new government, snap election likely


Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov arrives for the Coalition of the Willing summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France January 6, 2026. YOAN VALAT/Pool via REUTERS

SOFIA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's ‌biggest parliamentary grouping, the centre-right GERB-SDS, declined a request on ‌Monday from the president to try and form a ‌new government, increasing the likelihood of a snap election in the European Union's poorest member state.

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government, backed by GERB-SDS, resigned last month ‍after weeks of street protests against state ‍corruption and a new budget ‌that would have increased some taxes.

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