Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has won rhe absolute majority in the Bulgarian elections, yesterday, securing him becoming the new prime minister of Bulgaria.
The priminister holds the power in Bulgaria, while the presidential role is rather nominal.
The Guardian reports that “while hailing the benefits to Bulgaria of EU membership, Radev has been critical of several of the bloc’s policies and called unsuccessfully for a referendum on Bulgaria’s decision to join the euro last year. He has also talked repeatedly about improving ties with Moscow and resuming the free flow of Russian oil and gas into Europe, calling for “practical relations with Russia, based on mutual respect and equal treatment”.”
Radev is a critic of the EU’s support of Ukraine. He opposes to the financing of the Ukrainian regime and to sweeping sanctions against Russia.
The Hungarian elections have swept away a Ukraine critical prime minister while the Bulgarian elections have appointed a new Ukraine critical prime minister.
While it is still not certain what compromises the new Hungarian prime minster Magyar will accept for his country in relation to the support of Ukraine, it is also unknown to what extend the new Bulgarian prime minister will act to limit support for Ukraine.
Both elections, in Hungary and Bulgaria, were decided on domestic policy issues, and not on Ukraine.
In Hungary, voters decided to end the decades of reign of Victor Orban. EU meddling did the rest. In Bulgaria, voters were fed up with the corruption and internal mismanagement and terminates Brussel’s hero. The EU’s meddling did not help.
Nevertheless, the real change happens in Bulgaria where an outspoken EU adlate was evicted by a realist politician supporting his people’s needs which is no confrontation with Moscow.
Peter Magyar, the new Hungarian prime minister has not yet fully opened up, but most of his predecessor’s Ukraine policies will remain unchanged: He wants cheap Russian oil and gas. He wants no further war suppport for Ukraine, he condemns threats against Hungarian minorities in Ukraine, demands minority rights and exemption from obligatory military service against Russia. Nevertheless, it is expectwd that Magyar is lifting Hungary’s blockage against the EU’s 90 billion credit for Ukraine once the Russian oil flows again through the Drushba pipeline.
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