Bulgaria’s final election results confirm former president Rumen Radev has won an outright parliamentary majority, with his Progressive Bulgaria coalition taking around forty-five per cent of the vote and 129 of 240 seats.
Radev has openly opposed EU arms for Ukraine and called for renewed dialogue with Moscow, telling reporters Europe had become “a victim of its ambition to be a moral leader in a world without rules”.
The Kremlin has effectively replaced Viktor Orbán, ousted in Hungary just one week ago, with a new ally inside the EU and NATO.
Brussels faces the reality that Bulgarian support for sanctions, Ukraine aid packages and the eastern flank is no longer assured.
Starmer Admits He Shouldn’t Have Picked Mandelson
Keir Starmer finally admitted in the Commons yesterday that he should never have appointed Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington, a climbdown delivered only
21 April 2026
