Milen Lyubenov and Dragomir Stoyanov argue that the Bulgarian parliamentary elections of April 2026 may well have resolved a five-year political crisis through a landslide victory for ex-President Rumen Radev’s new political formation, ‘Progressive Bulgaria’
Liberal democracy is backsliding in another EU member state. After more than a decade of GERB-party governance in Bulgaria – and the erosion of democracy and media freedom – the latest elections show how far the country is struggling to guarantee free and fair election process. Dragomir Stoyanov and Milen Lyubenov take a deep dive.
Associate Professor, Sofia University, St Kliment Ohridski
Milen's research intetests are political parties and party systems.
Bulgarskata partijna sistema: grupirane i strukturirane na partijnite predpochitania (1990–2009) The Bulgarian Party System: Grouping and Structuring of Party Preferences (1990–2009)
St Kliment Ohridski University Press
Evropejski partijni sistemi: sravnitelen analiz na 20 democratsii (1945–2020) European Party Systems: A Comparative Analysis of 20 Democracies (1945–2020)
St Kliment Ohridski University Press
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