The political crisis in Bulgaria is a threat to the future stability of the EU
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There will be a major reshuffle of government (which some of the opposition may consider satisfactory as they are not prepared for elections) and a credible promise of early elections
It will also be hard to convince the rest of Europe that the rights of minorities can be respected in Poland, or that Warsaw is a trustworthy partner
Poland has been out of the EU mainstream for the last 5 years under the rule of the Law and Justice Party. Poland witnessed the collapse of the rule of law system. My worry is that this will continue
[A second term can allow the government to] dismantle the country’s already damaged system of checks and balances – in a similar way that already happened in Hungary
Piotr Buras and Pawel Zerka comment on Andrzej Duda's victory in the Polish presidential election
.But EU partners will not be able to rely on Poland in such an endeavor, because the Polish government will have stronger links to Washington under Trump than the EU