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Boyko Borisov managed to look East and West simultaneously, during Bulgaria's six-month EU presidency (Photo: eu2018bg/Flickr)

How long can Bulgaria keep facing both East and West?

Bulgaria's first stint holding the rotating EU presidency, from January to June 2018, was neither the disaster some observers predicted nor the PR coup Sofia had hoped for.

Sofia can hardly be blamed for the biggest turmoil currently roiling Europe, considering the ongoing spat over migration which has far more to do with Italy and Austria's current EU presidency's hardline policies.

But while the Bulgarian presidency averted catastrophe, it hardly represented a major step forwa...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Boyko Borisov managed to look East and West simultaneously, during Bulgaria's six-month EU presidency (Photo: eu2018bg/Flickr)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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