Bulgarian lawmakers approve government resignation, snap election looks likely (www.reuters.com)
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Bulgarian lawmakers formally approved on Friday the resignation of the country’s minority government, a day after it bowed to mass street protests and said it would quit, paving the way for talks on forming a new coalition or most likely a snap election.

This article from last week provides some context for the protests: www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjezwzw088jo

Critics of the abandoned budget plan said they were protesting against increases to social security contributions and taxes on dividends to finance higher spending, as well as state corruption.

“We are here to protest for our future. We want to be a European country, not one ruled by corruption and the mafia,” Ventsislava Vasileva, a 21-year-old student, told the AFP news agency.

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