Philipp Lottholz has worked as a teaching assistant in the Political Science and International Studies Department at the University of Birmingham. He currently conducts research on the politics of (in-)security and historical geopolitical conflicts as a research fellow at the Center for Conflict Studies, University of Marburg.
Bulgaria is set to become the latest member of the European single currency. The move is painted as an almost natural march of progress — with little to no public debate on what it really means for Bulgarians’ living standards.