In the last two years, Bulgarians have cast their votes five times. After the transition in 1989, in the democratic history of Bulgaria, this political inability to form a government has never happened. Over two years, the previous four elections produced new political actors, new campaign slogans and coalitions, but no stable majority, able to […]
Bulgaria
The parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on 2 April – the 5th in two years – seem to have reproduced the existing deadlock of the previous four rounds, including the last one which was only held on 2 October 2022. But in fact, may portend significant shifts in the country’s political landscape and public perceptions. In […]
2022
On 2 October 2022 Bulgarians were called to vote in snap elections for the fourth time in just eighteen months. The outgoing four-party government, formed as a result of the last elections of 14 November 2021, was led by the party ‘We continue the change’ of Prime minister Kiril Petkov, and party co-chair and finance […]
On 2 October 2022, Bulgarians voted for the fourth time in less than two years for a new parliament. In the summer of 2020, when citizens justly raised their voices against the GERB status quo, almost no one realised that in two years’ time, instead of living in the longed-for democracy, they would face the […]
2021
Parliamentary elections took place in Bulgaria on 4 April. They were marked by the Covid-19 pandemic not only because of the additional precautionary measures taken in the polling stations on the election day but also because of the third wave of increasing infections and hospitalisations during the campaign period. This third wave led to a […]
Like many other European countries, on 4 April Bulgaria faced the challenge of its parliamentary elections in the pandemic times of Covid-19. While it is noteworthy that for the first time in ten years the Bulgarian parliament managed to escape early elections, the way the elections were to be held raised many concerns, due to […]
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