Tim Haughton

@timhaughton.bsky.social

Professor of Comparative & European Politics, University of Birmingham Parties & campaigning in Central & Eastern Europe & Beyond https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/haughton-tim https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=t9kLS9EAAAAJ

Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria won a clear victory in Bulgaria’s election on 19 April. While Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment, can he deliver on his promises in office? Emilia Zankina, Kevin Deegan-Krause and @timhaughton.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

What Rumen Radev’s victory means for Bulgaria, the EU and Russia

Rumen Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment to win power in Bulgaria, but it remains to be seen whether he can deliver on his promises in office.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

"Radev’s victory does not necessarily mean one awkward partner in Brussels has been replaced by another. Radev has pro-Moscow leanings, but he is unlikely to become Putin’s puppet in Brussels." ✍️ Emilia Zankina, Kevin Deegan-Krause & Tim Haughton blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What Rumen Radev’s victory means for Bulgaria, the EU and Russia

Rumen Radev has capitalised on anti-corruption sentiment to win power in Bulgaria, but it remains to be seen whether he can deliver on his promises in office.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

For Your listening pleasure. I recently had a chat with my ever insightful colleague @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social for the Political Worldview podcast to talk about all things #Czech and #Slovak. We also ended up talking quite a lot about the US.

Adam Quinn@adamjamesquinn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Czech out (ahem) the latest episode of the podcast! This time I’m chatting with our go-to knower of small Central European countries, @timhaughton.bsky.social, about how the Czechs and Slovaks have been doing since the Velvet Revolution. 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 Audio links under the original post. 👇