Bulgaria’s Difficult Road to Political Stability (opens in new tab)

As many in Central and Eastern Europe were emerging from the buoyant aftermath of Hungary’s mid-April 2026 elections, less than 500 miles southeast of Budapest another consequential national plebiscite transpired. On April 19, a mere week after the watershed Hungarian polls, Rumen Radev—until recently Bulgaria’s long-serving president—and his nascent Progressive […]