The pro-Russian former pilot wins the elections in Bulgaria with 39% of the vote, according to polls
Rumen Radev, who left the presidency to become head of government, has captured an electorate disillusioned with politics
Plovdiv (Bulgaria)The pro-Russian and Eurosceptic Rumen Radev has won the legislative elections in Bulgaria with 39% of the votes, a clear but insufficient victory to govern alone, according to the first exit polls. Radev left the presidency to be able to run in the legislative elections.
The survey by the Alpha Research agency attributes to Bulgaria Progresista —the formation created by Radev after resigning as head of state in January— 37.5% of the votes, while the Trend poll gives it up to 39.2%. Radev, a former general, has captured an electorate disillusioned with politics with a speech against corruption and against the rising cost of living in the poorest country in the European Union, which has had seven different prime ministers in the last five years. The country is immersed in an inflationary spiral after having joined the euro.
