Without taking in these country’s the entire east would still be soviet.
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Overall_Eye_9115 days ago
+7
Then those countries would be dumb considering how the Soviets treated them
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SquooshyCat5 days ago
+17
That’s not how they remember it and that’s kinda how the propaganda works. The EU is evil and the Soviet Union are all those fun things you remember from your childhood. Pretty much how they got America as well. It works. Remember coal? Remember groping women? Good times.
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Acrobatic-Air67295 days ago
-7
It's better have the puppet in Bulgaria away from the civilized nations. They haven't held any cards in their entire history and have always been basically russian since forever
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petar_is_amazing5 days ago
+20
I’m millennial/gen z Bulgarian living abroad.
All my childhood friends are PP-DB and disappointed in this outcome. Every election, from my perspective, in the last 5 years has had an element of favoritism for a newly formed party that promises anti-corruption. This one seems no different, surprised by the margin though.
Also, Radev has had accusations of being a Russian agent the last 10 years while he was president but he’s publicly only said facts like “Crimea is currently in russias control” and neutral statements like “we will approach russia in a practical way”. Doesn’t seem absolutely horrible but words do not equal actions so we will see
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Emergency_Aioli81395 days ago
+15
The media is blowing this out of proportion and reinforcing the stereotype that Bulgarians are idiots and 2nd class eu citizens. Just look at what they're saying about us in the comments. Everyone who knows Radev knows he's a bit spineless and has nowhere near the power Orban did. He doesn't even have the voting majority needed for the anti-corruption laws he wants to implement, he'll need PP-DB to work with him.
At best, we bring stability back in our country and make some kind of progress.
At worst, he becomes just as corrupt as them and our EU funds disappear into politicians' pockets.
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petar_is_amazing5 days ago
+14
Yeah I mean look at the title of this listnook post “ex fighter pilot” - dude was president for 10 years. Ceremonial role for sure but the bias is crazy lmao
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SansBouillie5 days ago
+6
news called the Croatian president "the Trump of the Balkans" during the last presidential elections (a ceremonial role with almost no powers). The guy was literally pushing for LGBT rights and gender identity topics when he was the most liberal Prime Minister in our history some 10 years ago.
It doesn't take much for western news to rain down these "pro-Trump pro-Putin pro-Kremlin anti-EU" labels on someone.
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Aggressive_Banana7084 days ago
+5
I'm no expert on Bulgaria, but comparing Radev to Viktor Orbán seems a bit unfair to me.
From what I can see, Radev spent much of his presidency butting heads with Boyko Borisov, who by all accounts is quite corrupt and quite authoritarian despite not being aligned with Russia. I can see why a Bulgarian might reasonably trust Radev more than the alternatives to shake up the state of the politics in the country.
And given how unstable politics has been in Bulgaria for the past few years, it's probably in the country's interest that the incoming government has a strong majority.
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LuckySimple34085 days ago
+4
Bulgaria has had 8 elections in the last 5 years....how long before this pro-Russian clown is out of office? I would rather see a pro-Western Hungary than Bulgaria, the country is a mess.
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KURDISHMINOR5 days ago
-11
right after joining eu and eurozone. haha
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petar_is_amazing5 days ago
+5
You mean Schengen, Bulgaria has been EU since 2007.
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Abject-Bowle5 days ago
+3
Probably meant accepting EUR as their currency
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petar_is_amazing5 days ago
+2
No, bc that’s the second part of their sentence. Bulgaria joined EU in 2007, Schengen last year I think, and eurozone this year.
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