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Video. Watch: Sunday elections — Bulgaria's fight for stable government?

Updated: 17/04/2026 - 9:46 GMT+2

Bulgaria heads to the polls this Sunday for its eighth parliamentary election in five years. The country is the poorest in the EU according to GDP per capita, and the electorate is exhausted by a prolonged political crisis. So, who is stepping in to fill the void?

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