Bulgaria to hold snap election in April

(Ferdinand Knapp – Politico) Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election on April 19, President Ilijana Iotova announced on Wednesday, making it the eighth vote in almost five years. She stated her intention to sign a decree to appoint a caretaker Cabinet, which would be sworn in by parliament, before scheduling the April vote. Iotova insisted that Bulgarian institutions create the conditions so that Bulgarian citizens “know the ideas and proposals of political parties to make an informed choice.”. Iotova’s remarks came roughly a month after her predecessor and then-president, Rumen Radev, said the country would be on its way to another early vote, following the collapse of the government. – Bulgaria to hold snap election in April – POLITICO