nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d8a3bc24d193f86e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260206s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d8a3bc24d193f86e doi eng 342 23 Katchaounova, Adela Author aut The Perpetual Interim - Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor Without a Mandate Katchaounova, Adela Verfassungsblog 2026-02-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor has been exercising power without a valid mandate since 2023, even after the Supreme Court explicitly declared his authority expired. What looks like a technical impasse reveals a subtler form of constitutional erosion: power entrenching itself through interim arrangements, procedural improvisation, and cultivated legal uncertainty. The Bulgarian case shows how institutional capture can advance quietly, without open defiance, constitutional rupture, or triggering the EU’s usual rule-of-law alarms. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bulgaria Chief Prosecutor European Union Supreme Court of Cassation Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/bulgaria-chief-prosecutor-interim/ raw object