Bulgaria Starts Push for Cabinet With No Clear Path Forward
- Ex-Premier Borissov gets cabinet mandate, still lacks majority
- Failure to form cabinet may lead to sixth election since 2021
Boyko Borissov
Photographer: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
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Bulgaria’s Boyko Borissov, the former prime minister who came first in the country’s latest snap election, pledged to form a cabinet and break a deepening stalemate in the country.
Borissov, a political heavyweight who ran the country on and off for over a decade, secured a slim victory in Bulgaria’s fifth vote in two years last month. But in line with the previous contests, he fell well short of a majority, with his chief rival — former Premier Kiril Petkov — refusing to back a government led by Borissov’s Gerb party.