Bulgaria is heading toward yet another snap election after leading parties declined a mandate to form a government, extending the country’s long run of political instability and caretaker-style governance.
The pattern has become familiar: fragmented results, stalled coalition talks, and parties calculating that refusing responsibility now is safer than owning the compromises required to govern. But repeated elections don’t reset the system — they often deepen exhaustion, weaken reform momentum, and keep major decisions stuck in neutral.
The cost isn’t only political. Prolonged instability can slow investment, delay budgets and public-sector planning, and make it harder to push through policy changes tied to economic modernization and EU integration.
Bottom line: Bulgaria’s next vote isn’t just “another election.” It’s another test of whether the country can break out of its cycle of deadlock — or whether instability is becoming the new normal.
