Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev – Wiki Commons Radev is not toeing the Brussels’ line. The new Bulgarian government that was sworn in on 8 May 2026 under Prime Minister Rumen Radev is already showing it means business. Radev’s ‘Progressive Bulgaria’ party won a landslide victory in April with 45 % of the vote and 135 seats in the 240-seat parliament – the first majority government in Bulgaria since 1997. The government is Pro-EU membership but markedly pro-Russian and Euroskeptic in terms of foreign policy, defending national sovereignty. So, there you have it: a NATO and EU country bucking Brussels’ war dogma. Radev has long opposed sanctions on Russia and military aid to Ukraine, and with one month in office, his government has already stopped…

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