The EU faces another populist threat to its power, this time from the left Bulgarians are about to vote in the country’s eighth election in five years. Unpopular caretaker governments have come and gone, and now victory looks almost certain for former president, Ukraine skeptic and left-winger Rumen Radev. The country has been in a state of political dysfunction since 2021, when then-Prime Minister Boyko Borissov resigned after nine years in office amid mounting corruption scandals. Its most