Bulgaria’s Enduring Status Quo and Political Recidivism

The EP Elections Proved That Bulgaria's Political Class Lacks Vision and Drive

17 June 2019

Spasimir Domaradzki

Visegrad Insight Fellow

For years, a Bulgarian party whose former links to peaceful resolutions have allowed it run a region blighted by poverty and rife with corruption. Now, it’s leaders don’t even pretend to be interested in holding the positions they were elected to, but this might be a saving grace for the nation.

There is nothing new on the Bulgarian front. Another election has passed and as just as before, the results did not satisfy anyone.

The prime minister threatened to return order to the regional structures that did not provide him with the votes he had expected.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) once again ran into the wall of its own unpredictability, yet the so-called “patriots” managed to keep their presence in the EU Parliament.

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Spasimir Domaradzki

Visegrad Insight Fellow

Visegrad Insight Fellow. Researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw and Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Lazarski University in Warsaw.

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