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Protests in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, have been going on for two months against government corruption (Photo: Ivan Shishiev/ Sketches of Sofi)

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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Blaga Thavard is Bulgarian qualified attorney at law with the Sofia bar, and a lawyer at Pappas & Associates in Brussels.

Protests in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, have been going on for two months against government corruption (Photo: Ivan Shishiev/ Sketches of Sofi)

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Blaga Thavard is Bulgarian qualified attorney at law with the Sofia bar, and a lawyer at Pappas & Associates in Brussels.

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