Eighth vote in simply 5 years follows authorities resignation after weeks of protests over finances, alleged corruption.
Printed On 18 Feb 2026
Bulgaria will maintain a snap parliamentary election on April 19, President Iliana Iotova has stated.
The announcement on Wednesday comes after the resignation of the earlier authorities in December following weeks of anticorruption protests.
Final week, Iotova tapped Andrey Gyurov, deputy governor of the Bulgarian Nationwide Financial institution, to go a caretaker authorities tasked with getting ready the best way for the vote.
“I’ll make a decree to have elections on the nineteenth of April,” Iotova instructed a information convention on Wednesday, after assembly Gyurov, who offered the members of his caretaker authorities.
Bulgaria, which joined the eurozone on January 1, has confronted extended political instability, with events unable to type steady ruling coalitions in a fragmented parliament.
The upcoming parliamentary election shall be the eighth in simply 5 years within the nation.
The conservative GERB occasion got here first in the newest election in 2024, forming a coalition authorities.
Individuals, nevertheless, started taking to the streets in late November over the 2026 draft finances, with protesters branded it as an try and masks rampant corruption.
Final month, Bulgaria’s longtime President Rumen Radev, a vocal authorities critic who supported the protests, announced his resignation amid hypothesis that he was wanting to participate within the elections.
In an handle to the nation, Radev, 62, stated on the time he was desperate to take part within the “battle for the long run” of the European Union and NATO member.
He was changed by his deputy, Iotova. New presidential elections are anticipated later this 12 months.
