Socialist Party To Be Given Third And Final Chance To Form Government In Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on January 15 announced he will formally ask the Bulgarian socialist party to form a government in a bid to avoid a fifth general election in two years. Two parties, GERB and the reformist We Continue the Change, which finished first and second, respectively, in the October 2 snap poll have tried and failed to cobble together a coalition government. Now, the socialists, who finished fifth, will try in what will be a third and final mandate. If the socialists fail, elections will be called again. GERB and another major party, Democratic Bulgaria, have already announced they won’t support a socialist-led government. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.