Coalition woes seen in Bulgaria

SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgaria’s center-right opposition is poised to defeat the ruling Socialists in a general election Sunday, but will find it difficult to form a stable enough coalition to govern, experts say. According to last-minute opinion polls, Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov and his upstart GERB party will win 28-32 percent of votes, way ahead of Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and his ex-communist Socialist Party with 17-22 percent. Thus, with no outright majority in the highly fragmented 240-seat parliament, Borisov will be forced to team up with at least two other small right-wing formations in order to govern and any coalition talks are likely to prove arduous, analysts said. Borisov, a 50-year-old former bodyguard and police lieutenant general, has already ruled out a broad right-left coalition with the Socialists. And the... [read full story]                    

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