"Don't rush to rejoice in a new boss, because you don't know what he'll turn out to be". Folk proverbs are the fruit of centuries-old wisdom and are not accidental at all. Politician Radev is something very different from President Radev. Heads of state have always enjoyed high approval, because that's their job. New Year's greetings, an occasional raised fist. What could go wrong? Maximum missed lines about Crimea. Then Parvanov can tell what's going on in the tainted terrain of politics. From a 50% rating, ABV barely crossed the barrier.
This was recalled on "Facebook" Vladislav Panev.
Only when you apply to govern, you have to answer many more and more serious questions.
For the orientation of the country, it is the most important and should not be underestimated, although so far only outsiders like Vazrazhdane have questioned it. We should not at all neglect the influence of social networks and hybrid propaganda.
Then, the Radev-supporting party, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, proposed raising social security contributions and taxes just two months ago. It also supported raising salaries in the security sector (where Radev comes from, by the way) by 50-70 percent. It also supported the withdrawal of 17.5 billion leva in loans last year and a budget with new loans for 10 billion euros for this one. The former president must now answer whether he likes this policy, whether he has an affinity for reforms, because he, like other politicians, does not have a single day of experience in the private sector. So that he knows how the money is made, which the state then redistributes.
We already have dropped remarks from his advisors regarding the EU deal with Mercosur.
Which may not be the most important topic, but it is a way to diversify our markets after the US imposed tariffs and is threatening new ones because of Greenland. The Trump movie will not stop. Former caretaker ministers Yavor Gechev and Dimitar Stoyanov have already spoken out against it with quite contradictory arguments. Which shows a way of thinking that does not imply the development of an open and successful economy, but quite the opposite.
Little by little, other positions of the new party will emerge. And they will place it in the relevant group on important topics. The good thing is that voter turnout will increase and this will significantly reduce the controlled vote enjoyed by GERB and the New Beginning.
However, the risks are also enormous and their reduction depends on support for the democratic parties in the upcoming elections. Regardless of what condition they are in.