From Hungary to Bulgaria, elections are promising change – but in different directions

from The Globalist · host Monocle

A week after Hungarians booted out Viktor Orbán in favour of the pro-European Union Péter Magyar, Bulgarians headed to the polls considering the opposite: many are eager to elect the Russia-friendly Rumen Radev. Bruno Kaufmann joins us from Sofia. Plus, the latest on Iran, Israel and Lebanon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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