Why Was the Monarchy Not Restored in Post-Communist Bulgaria?

摘要: The controversy over bringing back Bulgaria’s abolished monarchy reflects in a large measure the prolonged agony country has been undergoing ever since it launched on course of painful post-communist reforms. Against background deep economic crisis, mass poverty, breakdown law and order, political chaos that have traumatized population, attempts to reinstate failed only because its low historical legitimacy. While ex-king’s triumph June 2001 election initially seemed improve chances for monarchy, such restoration rendered less likely now by numerous failures blunders his time office, particularly inability rebuild ailing national state economy. In spite some notable foreign policy successes as entry into NATO European Union, ex–Prime Minister Simeon did not live up naively overoptimistic expectations Bulgarians who had hoped he would save their from profound economic, social, political, institutional, even moral crisis which descended. precipitous fall fortunes Simeon, especially result public relations disaster involving scandalous “restitution” family’s properties turned ex-monarch multimil lionaire, does bode well prospect reintroducing monarchy. eyes many ordinary Bulgarians, former king liability an embarrassing disappointment.