{"id":139834,"date":"2024-12-13T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=139834"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:58:52","slug":"populist-narratives-about-the-eu-in-the-2024-european-election-campaign-in-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bel.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/populist-narratives-about-the-eu-in-the-2024-european-election-campaign-in-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Populist Narratives about The EU in the 2024 European Election Campaign in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ralitsa Kovacheva<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03S-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03S-04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> The European elections on June 9th, 2024, coincided with another early parliamentary election in Bulgaria. As in the previous election campaigns, domestic political problems and sharp party opposition overshadowed the EU-related issues. Although proper political debates on these issues were absent, strong populist anti-EU narratives were used by various parties and politicians, including established ones. The research shows anti-EU narratives in all three categories of populist messages: anti-elitism, people-centrism, and exclusion. Four parties (\u201cRevival\u201d, \u201cGreatness\u201d, BSP and ITN) form a \u201cdiscursive coalition\u201d claiming to understand and express the concerns and desires of \u201cthe people\u201d. They present the EU as a foreign elitist power, claim that the sovereignty should be restored to the Bulgarian people, and exclude the liberal values and liberal elites (parties, media) from \u201cthe people\u201d. A particular anti-EU narrative is formed about the war in Ukraine. These narratives are characterised by a high propensity to use proven disinformation.<br \/>\n<em>Keywords:<\/em> populism, EU elections, Bulgaria, anti-liberal, war in Ukraine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/philosophy_3s_24_ralitsa-kovacheva.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the full text<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralitsa Kovacheva Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03S-04 Abstract. The European elections on June 9th, 2024, coincided with another early parliamentary election in Bulgaria. As in the previous election campaigns, domestic political problems and sharp party opposition overshadowed the EU-related issues. Although proper political debates on these issues were absent, strong populist anti-EU narratives were [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":124332423427287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[9249,6351,9248,9244,9250],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Populist Narratives about The EU in the 2024 European Election Campaign in Bulgaria - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/philosophy.azbuki.bg\/uncategorized\/populist-narratives-about-the-eu-in-the-2024-european-election-campaign-in-bulgaria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Populist Narratives about The EU in the 2024 European Election Campaign in Bulgaria - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ralitsa Kovacheva Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03S-04 Abstract. 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