Europe's Landslide Outcome
Another vote shakes up the system.
Once again we’ve seen an emphatic verdict delivered.
It’s yet another case of a vote in Europe producing quite a remarkable outcome.
The established order seems to be breaking down, with Viktor Orban defeated convincingly in Hungary’s election.
Now Bulgaria has followed suit in a similar fashion.
Before I get to the results there, consider this.
On 1st January 2026, Bulgaria joined the Euro single currency.
But there was no referendum for this.
Such a referendum vote was proposed by the then Bulgarian President, Rumen Radev.
The proposed question would have been: "Do you agree to have Bulgaria adopt the single European currency Euro in 2026?”
Surely it would be reasonable to ask Bulgarians directly if they wanted to ditch the Bulgarian lev for the Euro?
But that didn’t happen. The prospect of an actual referendum on this fundamental question was rejected.
What makes it truly shocking is that in every piece of research I’ve seen on this, more Bulgarians actually opposed adopting the Euro than supported joining.
Yet it all went ahead anyway, without a referendum.
But what we’ve seen over the weekend is equally remarkable.
A brand new party has just dominated and won the Bulgarian election in a huge landslide.
The Leader of this new outfit? The now former President who proposed the Euro referendum, Rumen Radev.
