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    Bulgariens kremlfreundlicher ehemaliger Präsident Radev gewinnt die Parlamentswahl.

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    1. Electrical-Diet2442 on

      Election outcomes like this show how divided opinions on foreign policy can be within EU countries.

    2. sajukktheeternal on

      Lol

      This will never end. Voters are retarded, they never learn from previous elections or elections from other countries. When people in one country get fed up with right-wing pro-russia populists ruining their lives and elect them out of power, somewhere else they get voted into it. As a result, there is always gonna be one or two Orban-style morons at any given time in Europe breaking everything.

      Let’s just move on with multi speed EU and get over with it 

    5. Klutzy_Hovercraft173 on

      Not Again,
      Why did they join the EU – European Union in the first place?

    6. Practical-Pea-1205 on

      For every pro-Russian regime that is removed from office a new one gets elected.

    7. vermilion_dragon on

      Ok. Everyone is panicking over these results too early. Radev won on an anti corruption platform. This is what’s important for the majority of Bulgarians. Not geopolitics.

      Is Radev pro-federalisation? No. But I don’t think he’ll actively sabotage the EU in the name of Russia either.

    8. strat_rocker on

      Reality is all former communist countries still need at least 2-3 generations to get rid of bad mentality and corruption that is deeply rooted, until then we can only weather the storm and hope for the best

    14. Final-Course2506 on

      Former? So he ditched being the president and turned into prime minister?

      I don’t know much about Bulgaria’s politics…

    16. Tight-Ad2686 on

      On the bright side it is way easier to remove a government here 😂

      I am not surprised he won, many people here treat politics like it is a church – you go twice a year because „traditions“ but you have no idea who Jesus is.

    17. drstruggleforlife on

      What the hell is wrong with these people? Why are there so many idiots….

    19. AdFantastic1108 on

      Same *rap with Serbia, Bulgaria etc…sick and tired of pro Russian governments that only steal and are so deep in corruption it’s sickening…yes, EU is not perfect but it’s a lesser of two evils…

    20. MadaoDamboru on

      at this point we are playing whack-a-mole in Europe, we squash one kremlin stooge another pops out

    21. Zwezeriklover on

      Okay, how pro-russian is this guy really? His victory speech on EU wasn’t very aggressive. He said he doesn’t want Bulgarian arms shipments to Ukraine but won’t veto EU policy on it.

      Optimistically, that sounds like Ukraine loses Bulgarian support, but doesn’t have​ to suffer a Russian stooge Like Orban.

      Or is this hopium?

    23. fir3hand on

      Why western media are trying to imply that Radev is pro russian? He is not. He is a NATO general and he supported the sanctions against the russian aggression. He is pro Europe, pro NATO and supported the euro adoption so what the hell?

    24. FallenJkiller on

      positive news for the whole world. People should celebrate this victory of democracy.

    25. Vesko85 on

      I voted for the pro-European liberal party. But Radev is not a Russian agent, as everyone here is trying to portray him. Nor will he be like Orbán. He is a NATO general, and all his actions as president have been pro-European. He is simply conservative, not liberal. The fact that he won’t blindly support every unreasonable decision from Brussels doesn’t mean he will be against the EU.

      People here are overdramatizing, especially Bulgarians. Let’s calm down a bit and wait to see what happens. Whether we like it or not, he won full support from the Bulgarian people. And unfortunately, the pro-European corrupt parties are also to blame for that.

    26. PlamenIB on

      As for today he was chosen to deal with our internal issues. Unfortunately the previous ones were not able to do so. It has nothing to do with Ukraine, Russia, The EU, The US, Ethiopia or Brazil. And Bulgaria depends on the euro funds so we all know what follows.

    27. blackcoffee17 on

      Great job Bulgarians for electing another kremlin puppet. I’m sure your lives will much improve now.

    28. ISayHeck on

      From what I understand he’s nowhere near Orban so I’m not sure why people here are so eager to compare them both

      By all means he sounds more like Magyar

    31. Jake-of-the-Sands on

      Why do post-soviet block countries keep falling for this sh*t. And next year my country will probably elect those right-wing c*cks too.

    33. kahaveli on

      In my understanding, large factor in Bulgarian politics has been very high unstability for couple of years already. Governments have been short-lived and there’s been multiple elections, since 2021.

      So I’d quess that for significant part of the voters, the promise of stability has probably been a factor.

      Of course, from European perspective its interesting to see what Radev’s positions about EU, Russia and Ukraine are going to be. I see two likely possibilities: that it’s going to be more like Babiš in Czechia, where it’s not eager about it, but not really blocking anything EU level either, or other end is Orban with more active blocking and opposition of EU’s Ukraine aid. Slovakia’s Fico is between Orban and Babis.

      So if we’re being optimistic, Radev is going to be passive/not actively blocking about EU policies and Ukraine/Russia, and in internal policies there’s going to be more stability than now, some reforms as they have majority to do them, and nothing too radical, and on next elections there’s going to be healthy opposition like typically there is against governing parties.

      But if one is being more pessimistic, there’s going to be more active blocking of Ukraine/Russia things in EU, and in internal policies something more negative, like Orban style power consolidation. Kind of „worst-case“ situation. Radec/PB has now lots of power, as they have majority in parliament. Last time single part had majority in Bulgaria was in 1997 (and even then it was exactly 50% of seats). So whatever the direction is, Radev now has the strongest parliamentary result and mandate in Bulgarian history since 1989.

      But I’d like to generally be more optimistic if future is uncertain, at least not thinking about the worst-case scenario first. I kind of expect something similar that in Slovakia’s Fico. But personally for me, Russian symphatizing populist party is not for me. But not an expert of Bulgarian politics at all, and I have watched zero speeches etc. So purely an abroad perspective.

    35. magdogg_sweden on

      Eastern Europe is like whack a mole, after a Putin fanboi is voted out another one is voted in.

    36. methodinmadness7 on

      His voters saying en masse online how he’s not pro-Russia, he’s pro-Bulgaria, while he himself was saying yesterday on national TV how he wants us to cooperate with Russia in security and economically. As a Bulgarian I’m ashamed and sick of this shit.

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