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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 independent judiciary. His backers want cleaner governance, though some appreciate his skeptical take on the EU and warmer vibes toward Russia. Radev opposes arming Kyiv and wants talks reopened with Putin, opening doors to team up with various parties, except maybe the hard-right pro-Russian ones. Bulgaria recently joined the eurozone and the Schengen zone. Radev called this a historic chance to ditch the old corrupt system and urged voters to flood the polls against vote-buying, vowing to fight off another election disaster and pull the country out of endless crisis mode.

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