After Hungary, will the Budapest effect spread to Bulgaria as the country prepares to vote Sunday?

Bulgaria holds its eight parliamentary elections in five years on Sunday, with former president Rumen Radev’s new party leading polls in a vote many hope will end now-chronic political instability. Radev, a former air force general who resigned as president in January, formed his Progressive Bulgaria coalition after the resignation of the government in December. His party leads with 33% support according to the latest polls, positioning him as a key power broker in what is expected to be another fragmented parliament. The election follows five years of near-permanent crisis in which no government has survived a full term. Instead,…