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After Hungary, will the Budapest effect spread to Bulgaria as the country prepares to vote Sunday?

Polling suggests former President Rumen Radev’s new outfit Progressive Bulgaria could secure first place. His rise has fueled comparisons to Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Yet the parallel cuts both ways.

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00:00Bulgaria will on Sunday hold its eighth parliamentary elections in five years,
00:05with former President Roman Radev's new party leading polls in a vote
00:09many hope will end the now chronic political instability.
00:14According to the latest polls, Radev's progressive Bulgaria coalition,
00:19formed in December, leads with 33% support,
00:23positioning him as a key power broker in what is expected to be
00:28another fragmented parliament.
00:30The election follows five years of near-permanent crisis
00:34in which no government has survived a full term.
00:38Instead, the country has cycled through caretaker administrations,
00:43fragile coalitions and short-lived alliances that have often collapsed amid scandal.
00:49The elections also come after that of Hungary,
00:52which ended Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year rule last weekend
00:57and shows that change is possible anywhere in Europe.
01:01But analysts fear Radev, an admirer of Orban,
01:05could be the EU's next disruptor-in-chief.
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