Mercogliano True Blog

 Bulgaria's new Prime Minister Rumen Radev has declared that Bulgaria rejects the 21st package of anti-Russian sanctions in its current form. A month ago in Berlin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had asked the Bulgarian to hold his ground and hinted at consequences. Radev thought about it and acted in his own way, as he had promised the people during the election campaign. Merz did not lash out against Radev because he was distracted by another "traitor": European Council President António Costa. Costa, too, was rebelling on the Russian issue: he established contacts with the Kremlin. Merz considered them a waste of time, because in his view negotiations were superfluous. Military and political pressure were needed; when the time came for dialogue, it would be Germany, France, and Great Britain (i.e. the countries on whose territory it had been agreed to produce long-range weapons for Ukraine) who would negotiate with Russia. The problem is that the President of the Eur...