Bulgaria’s ruling four-party coalition faces no-confidence vote

Bulgaria risks the fourth national election since April 2021 amid disagreements on budget spending and the EU.

Bulgaria’s coalition government faces a no-confidence vote in the country’s parliament on Wednesday, threatening new political instability in the EU’s poorest member state.

Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s centrist We Continue The Change (PP) party formed a four-party coalition with socialist, populist and centre-right factions, and took office six months ago only to have the…