Bulgaria’s government has been ousted in a no-confidence vote, plunging the country into renewed political turmoil and dashing hopes it could help rapidly kickstart the stalled process of EU enlargement to the western Balkans.
Bulgarian MPs voted 123 to 116 to topple prime minister Kiril Petkov, a reformist who promised to tackle corruption and took a tough line against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Petkov had been premier for six months.
Petkov was voted out in a dispute over a plan to drop Bulgaria’s veto on the start of EU accession talks with North Macedonia as well differences over the budget. The county is now probably heading for its fourth election since April last year.
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