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Bulgaria’s former prime minister Kiril Petkov casts his ballot at a polling station during the country’s parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 2, 2023. AFPPIX: Bulgarians vote on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, a record in the European Union, amid deep divisions over the war in Ukraine.
The country witnessed massive anti-corruption rallies three years ago but, contrary to protesters' hopes of a clean-up in public life, the demonstrations triggered a series of elections. “What if the results are the same as in previous legislative elections?” asked Silvia Radoeva, a 42-year-old care worker.
“We find the same pattern as in other central European countries -- a former leader who clings on and the other parties who refuse to ally with him, without having much else in common,“ said Lukas Macek, associate researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute for Central and Eastern Europe.Pro-Russian influence
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