SOFIA ¨C Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev is set for a runaway victory in Bulgaria¡¯s election and may even secure a parliamentary majority, exit polls showed, potentially ending years of weak coalition governments and altering the European Union member¡¯s foreign policy.
An updated exit poll conducted ?by Sofia-based Alpha Research showed Radev¡¯s Progressive Bulgaria with 44%, far ahead of the long-dominant GERB party, led by former Prime ?Minister Boyko Borissov, ?at 12.5%.
If confirmed, the performance, which outstripped opinion polls, would mark one of the strongest results by ?a single party in a generation, sideline a party that has ruled on and off for decades, and may see an end to the instability that has resulted in eight elections in five years.
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