The concentration of seven consecutive elections and the record failure in the vote for president require a short correspondence with structuralist analysis. To refresh the memory. At the heart of the political crisis lies the combination of two faults (cleavage - for political scientists from the NBU and the Faculty of Philosophy), represented through the party groups in the National Assembly. The first is ...
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It is increasingly clear that the conflict that led to the beginning of the current phase of the political cycle[1] is fading away, far from the focus of public attention. Removing Borisov is no longer a priority, and the coalition assembled for this purpose has disintegrated. The Borisov glue, as I have called it, is increasingly less relevant because of (i) its ritualistic …
More »Why is Borisov refusing to resign?
Mass protests in Bulgaria have been going on for two months, but the government stubbornly refuses to resign. Despite the obvious damage this is doing to the ratings of the government and the prime minister himself, despite the increasingly critical tone of the foreign press, GERB and United Patriots are determined to hold on to power until the last moment...
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