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Russians Go Home, Say Hungarian Voters
13 April 2026
Former F-16 pilot and President Rumen Radev is poised to become Bulgaria’s next prime minister. His Progressive Bulgaria party, representing a broad spectrum from populist to conservative on the left wing of Bulgarian politics, secured a landslide majority as voters signalled deep fatigue with prolonged political instability and corruption.
Yet Radev’s sceptical stance on the European Union’s approach to Russia and Ukraine comes as the bloc faces energy shortages, delays in financial support to Kyiv and a weakening global position amid overlapping military conflicts that continue to strain the international order.
In the context of global turbulence the European Union clearly needs to regain a political initiative. But will Radev help or rather hurt those ambitions? Chances are that he will play a vocal critic of the EU’s direction but will lean in with the voting majority in the Council. He will need to deliver more at home than in foreign policy or the voters will likely take it again to the streets with demands of another snap election.
Hormuz hangs, Ukraine moves front‑row
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