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Democratic institution-building in general and the establishment of parliamentary institutions in particular is the main task of a democratic transition. Its blueprint has been formulated by the new democratic constitutions. East Central Europe is, by and large, a zone of parliamentary democracies, although some countries show, transitorily, some semipresidential features. In the Balkan countries (except for Bulgaria) the presidential systems dominate with personal rule, but parliaments even there play a significant role.