Alternative for the Bulgarian Rebirth

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Georgi Parvanov, founder of Alternative for the Bulgarian Revival

The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival ( Bulgarian Алтернатива за българско възраждане, АБВ Alternatiwa sa balgarsko wasraschdane , ABW ) is a center-left - party in Bulgaria . Your abbreviation АБВ are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet (corresponding to ABC in the Latin alphabet).

history

The party was founded by its current chairman Georgi Parvanov , who was President of Bulgaria between 2002 and 2012 . It is a split from the Bulgarian Socialist Party .

In the European elections in May 2014 , the party received around 4% of the vote, which was not enough for one of the 17 Bulgarian seats in the European Parliament .

In the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria in October 2014 , the ABW received 4.15% of the vote and thus 11 seats in the 43rd Narodno Sabranie . It was involved in the Borisov II government as a coalition partner and, along with Iwajlo Kalfin, provided the Minister of Labor and Social Policy and Deputy Prime Minister.

In the 2017 parliamentary election , ABW only received 1.55% of the vote and lost all seats in the Narodno Sabranie .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clive Leviev-Sawyer: Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead - poll . In: The Sofia Globe , January 26, 2014. 
  2. ^ Sean Carney: Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock . In: The Wall Street Journal , October 6, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 05/25/2014 г. за страната . In: Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014 . CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria). Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК . In: Избори за народни представители 2014 . CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria). Retrieved October 21, 2014.