The bills are growing – the elections are approaching. How do you campaign when crises are looming?
The analyst Radoslav Iliev and the political scientist Maraya Tsvetkova are guests on the air of “Good Morning, Europe“.
They commented on the topic of rising prices and the lack of clear solutions in the election campaign. Tsvetkova emphasized that “no one has a recipe for how to deal with these rising prices“. She linked the problem to both external factors and the process of adopting the euro.
According to her, the situation is also complicated by the international situation – “we have hit a very difficult time for changing the currency“, including because of the war in Ukraine and the tension in the Middle East. Tsvetkova stressed the need for joint action: “there must be collective efforts, to reach some solution that is visible to citizens“. She recalled that public discontent was expressed in protests because of the feeling that “the pocket is being picked“.
The issue of prices has a direct impact on the elections, believes Radoslav Iliev. “The pocket always determines“ the level of tension, but it rather influences “whether you will vote or not“, and not so much for whom.
He noted that the crises – international, European and domestic – create a feeling of “outrageous increase in goods and services“, adding the presence of “outrageous speculation“.
In their analysis, the two experts also emphasized the lack of political courage on the topic. According to Tsvetkova, “politicians are running away from this conversation“ because “they have no solution“ and the topic is not convenient.
Iliev, for his part, emphasized the importance of the upcoming vote, defining it as a chance for a way out of the prolonged political crisis: “after eight elections, there is a chance for a way out“, but only if citizens become active and vote.
In these elections, the number of voters is of great importance.
It is not so much from the point of view of the values of democracy. Purely situationally, the Bulgarian must understand that at the moment the ball is practically in his hands. No one dares to make bold predictions, because for the first time after these nine consecutive elections, the citizens are truly deciding. The other scenarios have been exhausted, and I am trying to comment on this as a huge opportunity for citizens to realize that they should simply vote.