Winds of Change in Argentina and Bulgaria - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's episode looks back at the results of two elections held last weekend – Argentina’s legislative midterms and Bulgaria’s third General Election this year. In Argentina, the ruling Frente de Todos coalition had a disappointing night, losing quorum in the Senate and seeing a reduction in their plurality in the Chamber. How will Alberto Fernandez and Christina de Kirchner react to these results? Are Juntos por el Cambio now favourites to win the presidential election in 2023? What will the impact on policymaking be for the next two years? With the rise of Javier Milei’s far-right party and the surge of the Trotskyist left, is Argentina’s party system fragmenting?

In Bulgaria, after their third election this year, won by yet another new political party, the We Continue the Change bloc look set to have the numbers to form a government – do their allies share that will? Will Kiril Petkov and Asen Vasilev be able to break the political deadlock and put together a governing coalition? Why did Slavi Trifonov’s party lose so much of its support so quickly? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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