Radev's Coalition Leads Bulgaria's Election

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Exit polls from Bulgarias latest parliamentary vote show Rumen Radevs center-left coalition leading with 39.2%, ahead of the center-right GERB party at 15.1%. Despite a strong showing, Radevs group may not reach a majority to govern alone. The snap election, Bulgarias eighth in five years, was called after a conservative government resigned amid massive p…

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Exit polls from Bulgarias latest parliamentary vote show Rumen Radevs center-left coalition leading with 39.2%, ahead of the center-right GERB party at 15.1%. Despite a strong showing, Radevs group may not reach a majority to govern alone. The snap election, Bulgarias eighth in five years, was called after a conservative government resigned amid massive protests last December. Radev, a sixty-two-year-old ex-fighter pilot, rode the wave of protests demanding an end to corruption and a real indepe

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