If there is one constant in Eastern Europe, it is the lack of constancy. Nowhere else are there such frequent changes of government or desperate attempts to form a functioning government through one snap election after another. Bulgaria, for instance, had gone through a striking series of snap elections before the vote two weeks ago at least offered hope of forming a government capable of governing. …
Romania, a new crisis, an old realisation: Eastern Europe is caught in the appreciation trap
30. April 2026 I