“For us this election has to be the last for the coming years. No more compromises with the people, with society or with the political system should be made,” said GERB leader Boyko Borissov addressing the party’s youth organization in Plovdiv.

If the other colleagues are responsible this should be the last election for them too so a government can be formed after this election, he said. “We need to sit down and reach agreement – if I have come second then I should go and support the one who is first, if I am first, I should ask for support from the one who is second and who is third. You can’t have the one that is 5^th or 6^th or 7^th dictate policy. That is not what democracy is about,” Boyko Borissov said.

• Second exploratory mandate for the formation of a cabinet to be handed over to PP/DB on 22 July, and returned immediately unfulfilled
• PP/DB say they cannot form a government, will hand mandate back unfulfilled

Once the second exploratory mandate for the formation of a government is handed back unfulfilled on 22 July, President Rumen Radev has to choose which of the smaller parliamentary forces to hand the third mandate to. If the third mandate fails too then the country heads for snap elections.