Bulgaria Heads to Early Poll as Premier Borissov Departs

Bulgarian lawmakers approved the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, moving the nation toward early elections after protests sparked street violence in the European Union’s poorest member.

The motion passed by a vote of 209 to five, with one abstention, four months before elections. The Cabinet and Parliament will be dissolved and President Rosen Plevneliev will call a new vote if the current parties in the assembly refuse to form a new government. Talks with political leaders will start tomorrow and Plevneliev said he will give Borissov’s Gerb party the first chance to form a government on Feb. 25.