За фундаментите на българския конституционен модел
On the Foundations of the Bulgarian Constitutional Model

Summary/Abstract: Traditionally, in the Bulgarian constitutional law discourse, emphasis is placed on the considera-tion of basic principles of the constitution, such as separation of powers, popular sovereignty, rule of law, political pluralism, welfare state. However, from another point of view, three im-portant foundations can be highlighted to these undeniably important and structure-determining principles, which give them additional content. In the article, these foundations are designated as: national, geopolitical and equilibrium-guarantee. The national is related to the constitutional guarantees for the nation state and the Bulgarian national identity in the context of the neoliberal model of globalization. The geopolitical – with the constitutionalization of belonging to the EU as a civilizational, socio-cultural and political space. Equilibrium-guarantee – with the establishment of a parliamentary rule, combined, however, with the direct election of a head of state, repre-senting a "neutral power", which creates conditions for maintaining social balance in a socially polarized and unstable society that does not have a long-lasting democratic tradition.

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