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always has been
Bulgarian PM and government resign after mass protests
Paul Kirby
The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night.
Zhelyazkov's dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days before Bulgaria joins the euro.
Protesters had accused his minority centre-right government, in power since January, of widespread corruption. The government had already scrapped a controversial budget plan for next year in response to the demonstrations last week.
"We hear the voice of citizens protesting against the government," Zhelyazkov said in a TV address.
"Both young and old have raised their voices for [our resignation]," he added. "This civic energy must be supported and encouraged." A statement on the government website said ministers would continue in their roles until a new cabinet was elected.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 people turned out in Sofia's central Triangle of Power and Independence Square on Wednesday evening calling for the government to go. The words "Resignation" and "Mafia Out" were projected onto the parliament building.
They were backed last week by President Rumen Radev who had also called on the government to stand down.
Zhelyazkov's government had already survived five votes of no confidence and was expected to get through a sixth on Thursday.
Many of the protesters have been angered by the roles of two figures, oligarch Delyan Peevski and ex-prime minister Boyko Borissov, and Wednesday's rally was organised under the slogan "Resignation! Peevski and Borissov Out of Power", Bulgaria's BTA news agency reported.
Peevski has been sanctioned by the US and UK for alleged corruption and his party has helped prop up the government.
Borissov is part of Zhelyazkov's Gerb party, which came first in October 2024 elections, and he was reported to have said on Wednesday that the coalition parties had agreed to remain in power until Bulgaria joined the eurozone on 1 January.
Borissov was prime minister when anti-corruption protests brought down his government in 2020 and there have been seven elections since.
Despite the political drama in Sofia, Bulgaria's move to join the euro is not seen as under threat.
In his resignation statement, the outgoing prime minister said Bulgaria faced a major challenge and its citizens would need to produce "authentic proposals" on what the next government should look like.
Bulgaria ranks among the highest in Europe in terms of the public's perception of official corruption, according to Transparency International.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09g640659o
Meh, he's busy doing President stuff so hasn't seen any of it.
NPC's gonna scream at the sky
Canada #86
NATO ‘Ally’ Denmark Labels U.S. as Potential Security Concern in New Intelligence Report
by Robert Semonsen Dec. 10, 2025
The intelligence service of Denmark, a NATO ‘ally’ currently under the rule of left-liberal globalists, has caused quite the stir across Europe and the globe after it labeled the United States as a potential security concern, a stunning shift for a country long conditioned to defer to NATO orthodoxy.
The new intelligence assessment claims Washington, under the Trump administration, is aggressively reasserting its national interests—something globalist governments in Europe have thus far not been prepared to deal with.
Greenland sits at the center of the dispute, as President Trump has openly declared the island strategically essential for America’s future and has repeatedly attempted to purchase it from Denmark. Trump’s attitude on the matter reflects the realist position that whoever controls the Arctic may very well control the next century.
The Danish report states that the world is entering an era where great powers like the United States, Russia, and China pursue national goals without apology, using economic, technological, and military tools instead of diplomatic niceties. In that climate, the report says, the United States is now openly unwilling to subjugate its interests to alliance politics that no longer serve its people.
For Denmark’s political class—deeply invested in NATO, or American, dependence—this new, rather blunt American posture is being treated as a potential “threat.” The Trump administration’s message has been consistent, however. Europe, the administration has repeatedly said, must end its total reliance on U.S. military power and begin to take responsibility for its own security.
The intelligence review, surprisingly, even claims that Washington could use hard power “toward allies,” a concern that exposes Europe’s underlying fear of losing American protection while refusing to shoulder responsibility. The report also concedes uncertainty about whether the U.S. will continue acting as Europe’s security guarantor.
Analysts in Copenhagen admit the shift is dramatic but insist it was predictable under a president who rejects liberal-globalist foreign-policy dogma. They claim that Trump’s America sees Brussels not as a partner but as a rival bloc pushing policies hostile to U.S. prosperity.
Danish experts now describe the situation as a “balancing act,” with Europe dependent on U.S. protection yet uneasy about America’s renewed strategic confidence. The tension exposes a core flaw within NATO: an entire continent outsourcing its own survival to another nation while lecturing that same nation about “shared values” and unabashedly obstructing efforts to secure peace in Eastern Europe.
The Arctic’s growing geopolitical importance appears to have intensified Danish anxiety, especially as the U.S. increases its presence around Greenland. Copenhagen has responded by boosting surveillance in the area alongside modest defensive posture. Critics say these measures are symbolic at best.
Former intelligence officials have warned that the report’s language marks one of the most sensitive breaks in Danish-American relations since WWII, arguing that Europe can no longer pretend the world of happy multilateralism still exists.
Geopolitical realists see Denmark’s reaction as further proof that Europe’s out-of-touch, globalist leadership remains trapped in a post–Cold War unipolar mindset, wholly unable or unwilling to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
In the end, the Danish panic says more about Europe’s deep—and seemingly ever-increasing—insecurity than America’s strength. The Trump administration simply expects nations to act like nations, not dependents clinging to a fading global order.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/nato-ally-denmark-labels-u-s-as-potential/