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Bulgaria's Socialists get the final chance to form a government

FILE PHOTO: Kornelia Ninova, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader, speaks to the media during parliamentary and presidential elections, in Sofia, Bulgaria, November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

In a last attempt to end Bulgaria's prolonged political deadlock, President Rumen Radev has invited the Socialist Party to try and form a government, its leader said on Monday, but there was little chance it would succeed.

Bulgaria's two largest political parties, the centre-right GERB and the anti-graft PP, have already failed to find support to form a working coalition government following an inconclusive Oct. 2 election, the country's fourth in less than two years.

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