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Bulgaria Sinks Under Wave of Pre-Election Scandals

June 15, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “There’s a Watergate-style wiretapping scandal. There’s an agricultural tycoon accusing the government of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of extortion. And there’s a state-owned bank providing hundreds of millions of euros to a small batch of favored companies.”

“The country’s dizzying daily headlines feel more like plotlines from a hit mafia series on Netflix than actual events unfolding in a European Union member country ahead of an election on July 11.”

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