The corruption fuelling the Bulgaria protests

Finally, Bulgaria did it. After years of competition with Romania, Bulgaria has officially become the uncontested European champion of corruption.

That was recognised not by one but by many different international institutes and organisations. Metrics - such as by Transparency International - indicate that the perception of corruption in Bulgaria is highest in the European Union.

Other criteria see democracy in the country as deeply in peril. In 2019, the

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