Bulgaria prepares for fifth parliamentary elections from 2021 to date: They will be held in the spring

News Parliamentary Elections is expected to organize probably in April Bulgaria. These are the fifth that will be held from 2021, after the failure today, Tuesday (24/1) of a last attempt to form a government.

The Balkan country is facing a political impasse not seen since the end of its communist regime in 1989.

The former prime minister Boyko Borisovwhose conservative party, GERB, came first in the October 2 election, did not find allies and the other formations also failed to build a coalition.

“It was not possible to find any solution to resolve the political crisis. We are therefore heading for new elections”President Rumen Radev commented today, referring to the fruitless efforts of the socialist leaders, as reported by the Athens News Agency.

Within the next few days, Radev is to announce the dissolution of parliament and elections will be held on April 2 at the earliest, the Electoral Commission said.

Analysts are pessimistic about the elections in Bulgaria

Analysts are however pessimistic and predict a similar outcome, without a solid majority and with the prospect of new elections being held in the autumn.

With the exception of a brief interlude of a few months in 2022 with a reformist government under Harvard graduate former businessman Kirill Petkov, caretaker governments have been succeeding each other for two years and major bills remain pending.

Against this backdrop, funds from the EU-endorsed post-Covid recovery plan are trickling in and the goal of joining the eurozone in 2024 looks increasingly elusive.