New Elections in Bulgaria Seem Certain: "There Is Such a People" Returns Mandate Tomorrow

Slavi Trifonov, the leader of "There Is Such a People" (TISP), announced that the parliamentary group will return the third exploratory mandate for forming a regular government unfulfilled. Trifonov holds GERB and "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) responsible for the failed negotiations, despite reaching a comprehensive understanding on important topics with other political formations, except DPS-Peevski, who did not respond to the invitation.

The situation is now clear: Bulgaria is headed for early parliamentary elections in the fall....