Patriotic Front (Bulgaria, 2014)
Patriotic Front Патриотичен фронт | |
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Leader | |
Founded | 3 August 2014 |
Dissolved | 27 January 2017 |
Succeeded by | United Patriots |
Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing[1][2] |
European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists[3] |
Colors | White, Green, Red (Bulgarian national colours) |
National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
European Parliament | 1 / 17 |
Patriotic Front (Bulgarian: Патриотичен фронт) was a nationalist electoral alliance in Bulgaria between political parties VMRO and NFSB.[4]
History
[edit]VMRO ran as part of an electoral alliance led by the political party Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) during the 2014 European parliamentary election, where both allied parties won a seat in the European parliament. The signing of the coalition agreement between VMRO and NFSB marked the end of the BWC-VMRO coalition. The coalition agreement forming Patriotic Front was signed on 3 August 2014[5] and stated its goals to be "a revival of the Bulgarian economy, a fight against monopolies, achieving modern education and healthcare and a fair and uncorrupt judiciary."[4]
The members of the alliance included PROUD,[6] National Ideal for Unity,[7] Middle European Class,[8] Association Patriot,[9] Undivided Bulgaria,[10] National Movement BG Patriot,[11][12] Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense", Revival of the Fatherland, National Association of Alternate Soldiery "For the Honor of epaulette",[13] National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland[14] and National Democratic Party.[15]
Elections
[edit]The coalition's electoral debut took place in the 2014 parliamentary election.
Statistics
[edit]Election | # of seats won | # of total votes | % of popular vote | rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 19 / 240
|
239,101 | 7.29% | 5th |
2017 | 0 / 240
|
See also
[edit]- Attack (political party)
- National Front (France)
- United Patriots Nationalist electoral alliance (2016-Since)
Further reading
[edit]- Clive Leviev-Sawyer (4 August 2014). "Just when you thought it could not get weirder: meet Bulgaria's Patriotic Front". Independent Balkan News Agency.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bulgariens Patrioten sind bereit". Der Standard. 4 November 2014.
- ^ Victor Kotsev (4 November 2014). "Borisov Set to Return as Bulgaria's PM". Balkan Insight.
- ^ "Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП". bnews.bg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Two Bulgarian Nationalist Parties Team Up for Early Elections". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ НФСБ и ВМРО подписаха коалиция „Патриотичен фронт”
- ^ Слави Бинев закри ГОРД Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Партиите "НФСБ" и "НИЕ" си стиснаха ръцете
- ^ "Средна европейска класа" обяви "безкористна подкрепа" за програмата на НФСБ
- ^ Обединението около НФСБ включи и сдружение "Патриот" на бивши депутати от "Атака"
- ^ НФСБ и „Целокупна България” се обединиха
- ^ НД „БГ патриот“ подкрепя ВМРО
- ^ Патриотичният фронт получи подкрепата на „БГ Патриот“
- ^ Патриотични организации подкрепят ВМРО
- ^ ПП НДСО се присъедини към Патриотичния фронт
- ^ "НДП се присъедини към Патриотичния фронт". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
(240 seats)
- GERB—SDS
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms (44)
- PP–DB
- Revival (38)
- BSP for Bulgaria
- 19; BSP
- Ecoglasnost
- PK "Trakiya"
- There Is Such a People (17)
- Velichie (13)
(17 seats)
- Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"
- Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
- Attack
- Bulgaria for Citizens Movement
- Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
- Bulgarian Communist Party (modern)
- Bulgarian Left
- Bulgarian National Unification
- Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy
- Bulgarian New Democracy
- Bulgarian Progressive Line
- Bulgarian Rise
- Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft
- Bulgarian Summer
- Civil Union "Roma"
- Communist Party of Bulgaria
- Ecoglasnost
- Green Party of Bulgaria
- Lider
- Movement 21
- Movement for an Equal Public Model
- National Democratic Party
- National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland
- National Movement for Stability and Progress
- Nationalist Party of Bulgaria
- Party of the Bulgarian Communists
- People's Voice
- Political Movement "Social Democrats"
- Reload Bulgaria
- Republicans for Bulgaria
- Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland
- Stand Up.BG
- The Left!
- The Other Bulgaria
- Union of Communists in Bulgaria
- Union of Free Democrats
- Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"
- Alternative Social-Liberal Party
- Bulgarian Business Bloc
- Bulgarian Communist Party
- Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists
- Bulgarian Euro-Left
- National Socialist Bulgarian Workers Party
- Bulgarian People's Union
- Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)
- Bulgarian United Communist Party
- Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria
- Conservative Party
- Constitutional Bloc
- Democratic Alliance
- George Ganchev's Bloc
- Liberal Party
- Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
- Movement for Social Humanism
- National Ideal for Unity
- National Liberal Party
- National Social Movement
- Order, Law and Justice
- Patriotic Front
- Patriotic Party of Labour
- People for Real, Open and United Democracy
- People's Alliance
- People's Liberal Party
- People's Party
- Progressive Liberal Party
- Reformist Bloc
- Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian'
- United Labour Social Democratic Party
- United Patriots
- United People's Progressive Party
- Young Liberals Party
- Zveno
- 2014 establishments in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian nationalism
- Defunct political party alliances in Bulgaria
- Eastern Orthodox political parties
- National conservative parties
- Defunct nationalist parties
- Defunct conservative parties
- 2017 disestablishments in Bulgaria
- Right-wing parties in Europe
- Political parties established in 2014
- Political parties disestablished in 2017
- Nationalist parties in Bulgaria
- Conservative parties in Bulgaria
- Anti-abortion organizations
- Right-wing populism in Bulgaria
- Right-wing populist parties
- Anti-Islam political parties in Europe
- Eurosceptic parties in Bulgaria
- Far-right parties in Europe
- Opposition to same-sex marriage in Europe
- Opposition to NATO
- COVID-19 misinformation
- Vaccine hesitancy
- Organizations that oppose LGBT rights in Europe
- Russophilic parties
- Anti-Western sentiment
- Anti-American sentiment in Europe
- Anti-gender movement
- Bulgarian irredentism
- Anti-globalization political parties
- Antiziganism in Europe