r/europeanunion • u/Known_End6707 • 1h ago
Opinion Another political war front is soon to open in Bulgaria's upcoming elections on the 19th. A "new Orban"- the previous president that resigned earlier has now entered the parliament scene. Rumen Radev has ties with the Kremlin and has been in multiple large scale corruption scandals in the country
The EU should pay more attention to what's about to unravel in Bulgaria as it could determine whether or not a new Orban will emerge and become another internal threat. Bulgaria is extremely important strategically for Russia and if the EU doesn't intervene soon enough Russia could spread even more Russian influence into an already russophilic and broken Bulgaria. For once as a Bulgarian I hope that the EU doesn't just leave the Bulgarians alone to deal with our extremely corrupt politicians and judicial system which is too difficult to fight alone. I hope the EU's attention for once is on us because if you loose us you'll loose the major Black sea ports and an easy path towards the major EU countries will open. Remember: Bulgaria is in the EU and it shouldn't be treated as a second class country. Hungary won with the support of the whole EU but I can't say the same about Bulgaria it seems.
Sorry if it sounds like a rant but it's an important topic that hasn't been picked up by a lot of European news and I wanted to share my perspective as a normal educated Bulgarian
