“While pro-European commentators fear the rise of the far-right on a pan-European scale, Bulgaria’s case illustrates that mainstream parties like the EPP have contributed to the legitimization of far-right rhetoric and policies.”

Bulgaria’s dangerous flirtation with the far-right, " https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/05/21/bulgarias-dangerous-flirtation-with-the-far-right/", New Eastern Europe, May 21, 2019

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