Populism for catching votes

On May 20th, 18 Bulgarian representatives will be elected to the European parliament. Teofan Germanov comments on the election campaign. "There is no serious dialogue among the parties, the institutions and civilian society. All you hear is the answer: 'It won't work'. This highlights the difference between us and the Americans. When something new is to be introduced here all you hear is 'It won't work', while in the US it's: 'Let's see what we can do'... Instead of presenting constructive and sensible election manifestos, the political parties are relying on populism... The subject of Europe has been trivialised to the extent that people switch the TV channel as soon as they hear the letter 'E'. Their ears are becoming increasingly receptive to populist and anti-European formulas.

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