{"id":10605,"date":"2026-04-20T19:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/center-left-coalition-wins-bulgarian-election-dw-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:15:32","slug":"center-left-coalition-wins-bulgarian-election-dw-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/center-left-coalition-wins-bulgarian-election-dw-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Center-left coalition wins Bulgarian election &#8211; dw.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><br \/>Bulgaria&#8217;s political landscape is set for a major change: After a decade of conservative rule, voters have elected the center-left Progressive Bulgaria party led by former president Rumen Radev in a landslide. <br \/><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"\/en\/bulgaria\/t-39626643\">Bulgaria<\/a>&#8216;s former president Rumen Radev has claimed a decisive election victory, with his Progressive Bulgaria coalition coming out well ahead of the established center-right GERB party.&#160;The vote follows months of youth-led protests over corruption and economic policy.<br \/>While many voters hope for reform and cleaner politics, questions remain over the country&#8217;s future direction, as Radev has voiced eurosceptic and pro-<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"\/en\/russia\/t-19065060\">Russian<\/a> views while others urge closer ties with the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"\/en\/european-union-eu\/t-17440066\">EU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPa1N4V3lUWm12SnR1Sjk5WUtoMjZERVdBa3JRTHptd3RFQXpVT2c5MGtsM2syZjBpXzNKY085OVVpTUpVYXdhZ1Fqb29vQkRyZFhraDBpYThKUVdReElIT2RWQUFDdlhaRkNzWU5JUGZtM1BGWEd6UVlVRzViOWYwRXgycWRWNFZ1dUE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoBulgaria&#8217;s political landscape is set for a major change: After a decade of conservative rule, voters have elected the center-left Progressive Bulgaria party led by former president Rumen Radev in a landslide. Bulgaria&#8216;s former president Rumen Radev has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}