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Anti-Corruption Protests Show the Hollowness of Bulgaria's Democracy

Author: Madlen Nikolova

In: Jacobin Magazine, 2020

This article provides an analysis of the socio-economic and political framework within which the movement of 2020 erupted, noting that both the right and the left in Bulgarian politics were accused of corruption, which indicated the 'lack of real political alternatives'. It also notes that issues such as high unemployment, low wages and failing health system are scarcely raised in parliament, even by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Concludes by pointing to parallels with the 2013 protests.

Available online at:

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/bulgaria-boyko-borissov-protests-gerb-bsp