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Is there a way out of the stalemate in politics against the background of inflation, impoverishment, speculation and the blocking of the Recovery Plan, from where we are waiting for billions, stopping our entry into Schengen and the Eurozone?

In the last 2 years, 4 caretaker governments have changed in Bulgaria, and according to this indicator we are already in second place among all EU countries.

We already have 9 cabinets appointed without elections, and in a record short time.

Thus, after 1990, Prime Ministers Reneta Indjova, Stefan Sofianski, Marin Raikov, Georgi Bliznashki and Ognyan Gerdzhikov ruled in this way.

And the last two prime ministers appointed by President Rumen Radev - Stefan Yanev and Galab Donev - each headed two offices, "24 Chasa" writes.

Is it dangerous not to have an elected government for a long time?

Statistics show that since World War II, there have been a total of 68 caretaker governments in Europe.

The ranking is still topped by the Netherlands, which has had 11 caretaker governments during this period.

Current Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been in office for nearly 12 years, but of the seven successive governments he has led, three have been acting.

Most recently, he headed a cabinet for 360 days from January 2021 to January 2022 - setting a post-war Dutch record.

For comparison, according to this indicator, we are followed by Belgium - with eight, Finland and Austria - with seven each.

At the same time, globally, there are many instances in the history of individual countries without a regularly elected government.

Some are more successful and some are complete failures.

While some are products of civil wars, other states of anarchy are precursors to successful nations like the US. 

Some of these countries are going through a state of anarchy with little or no negative impact, while others are still recovering from lawlessness.

The only way to know if this system will actually work is to look for examples in the past, and in some cases, the present.

The record for the longest time to form a government after an election belongs to Belgium.

It initially experienced 541 days without a government in peacetime after the elections held on 13 June 2010. On 5 December 2011, King Albert II of Belgium appointed a new cabinet and a new prime minister: the Walloon politician Elio di Rupo.