During the last century, Bulgaria has twice rejected extremist ideology: first, with Germany's racist views on Jews during WWII [1], and second, with Soviet-imposed communism. Now, during Bulgaria’s first European Union presidency, it might be prudent for all other member states, especially the ones with a history of exporting radical social ideas, to take notice of Bulgaria’s talent to recognise and reject extremist ideology. There is currently enormous turmoil in Bulgaria in response to the Istanbul Convention. The Istanbul Convention is a Council of Europe convention that opposes violence against women and domestic violence; it was opened for ratification on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] The issue of ratifying it was brought before the Bulgarian government on 3 January 2018, and it has since been a divisive force both within Parliament and among the Bulgarian people. Proponents of the Convention claim that it aims to prevent and combat violence against women and domesti...