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Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool

Bulgaria will head to its third national election this year, after the Socialists on Thursday (2 September) became the third political party to refuse to lead a government following July's inconclusive parliamentary election, writes Tsvetelia Tsolova, Reuters.

The Socialists gave up on plans to form a working government after their potential allies, the anti-establishment ITN party and two smaller anti-graft parties, refused to back them. The party will return the mandate to the president tomorrow (7 September).

"We did our best and appealed for sense and responsibility, but it did not work out," Socialist leader Kornlia Ninova said.

President Rumen Radev faces having to dissolve parliament, appoint a new interim administration and call a snap poll within two months.

The new parliamentary election could be held as early as Nov. 7, or coincide with one of the two rounds of a presidential election, on 14 November or 21 November. Read more.

The prolonged political uncertainty is hampering Bulgaria's ability to efficiently deal with a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and tap into hefty European Union's coronavirus recovery funds.

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The Socialists' decision comes after both ITN, which narrowly won the July polls, and the centre-right GERB party of former premier Boyko Borissov gave up on attempts to form a government in the fractured parliament. Read more.

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