Why was Mareshki so important for Marine Le Pen?
By Georgi Gotev Vesselin Mareshki, leader of the populist party Volya, was chosen by Marine Le Pen as her partner in Bulgaria, a country she visited twice in the run-up to the European elections. As…
Vesselin Mareshki
Fact check: Will Marine Le Pen help Bulgaria become richer?
By Georgi Gotev and Aline Robert Vesselin Mareshki, the Bulgarian partner of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, said that the present “bureaucratic” EU was keeping down Bulgaria as a second-class member state, while Marine Le…
An educated guess: Who the next 17 Bulgarian MEPs will be
By Georgi Gotev In just one month from now, after the 26 May European elections in Bulgaria, it will be possible to compare this forecast with the actual results. This “educated guess” is based on…
Marine Le Pen’s man in Bulgaria staged a stress test for Borissov
By Krassen Nikolov On Thursday (14 March), Vesselin Mareshki, the leader of the populist party “Volya”, and his eleven MPs, announced that they were leaving the parliament. Thus Mareshki would leave the functioning of the…
No miracle-makers this time?
Time flies and no new political force has made itself known in Bulgaria as the European elections are getting close. According to sociologists, there is room for a new political force, the usual miracle-maker. Many…
Patriotic games, Bulgaria-style
One of the leading questions hanging in the balance of the European elections in Bulgaria, aside from the future of the current government, is how the nationalist and far-right parties will settle their differences. The…
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