Bulgaria’s presidential election debate: The tears, the laughter, the crosstalk

At stake in the debate was the outcome of Sunday’s vote, the run-off between Radev, the candidate backed by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and who came out with the most votes at the first round on November 6, and Tsacheva, the nominee of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party. In the hours before the debate, two Bulgarian polling agencies gave Radev a lead of about 10 points ahead of the run-off.