Reformist Bloc

Reformist Bloc Реформаторски блок
Spokesperson	Vacant
Founded	20 December 2013
Headquarters	G.S. Rakovski Str. 134, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
European Parliament group	European People's Party^[5]
Colours	Darkblue, White
National Assembly	23 / 240
European Parliament	1 / 17
Website
http://www.reformatorskiblok.bg/
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The Reformist Bloc (Bulgarian: Реформаторски блок) is a centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria.

History

The coalition agreement to form the alliance was signed on 20 December 2013. The five parties that signed the agreement were: Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria, Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, Union of Democratic Forces, People's Party Freedom and Dignity, and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.^[6] At the time of signing the coalition had one seat in the European Parliament but none in the National Assembly.

In early August 2014 spokesperson Radan Kanev resigned because of what he said was a lack of unity within the alliance: "The image of a united multi-party coalition was replaced by an image of a traditional coalition with many and often conflicting interests."^[7]

Elections

The electoral alliance made its debut in the 2014 European Parliament election. Meglena Kuneva, the leader of Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, was placed as number one on the party's list.^[8] However, Svetoslav Malinov from Democrats for Strong Bulgaria won the only place for the alliance in the European Parliament due to the preferential voting in his favour.^[9]

Statistics

European Parliament
Election	# of seats won	# of total votes	% of popular vote	rank
2014	1	144,532	6.45%	5th

Bulgarian National Assembly
Election	# of seats won	# of total votes	% of popular vote	rank
2014	23	291,806	8.89%	4th

References

↑ "Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc launches election campaign without electing leader", The Sofia Globe, 14 September 2014
↑ Ralchev, Stefan (28 May 2014), EP 2014 elections in Bulgaria: A hint at normality? (PDF), Institute for Regional and International Studies, p. 1
↑ Georgiev, Yasen; Petrova, Desislava (July 2014), "Bulgaria" (PDF), EU-28 Watch (Institut für Europäische Politik) (10): 3, ISSN 1610-6458
↑ "Snap elections in Bulgaria". Monitoring (BBC). 29 September 2014.
↑ "List of EPP Group MEPs from 2014 to 2019". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "Bulgarian Rightists Seal Reformist Bloc Coalition". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
↑ "Reformist Bloc Spokesperson Radan Kanev Resigns". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
↑ "Meglena Kuneva Heads Reformist Bloc's EU Elections List". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
↑ "Malinov to Be MEP instead of Kuneva due to Preferential Vote". Novinite.com. May 26, 2014.

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Political parties in Bulgaria

National Assembly (240 seats)	GERB (84) BSP - Left Bulgaria (39) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (38) Reformist Bloc (23) Patriotic Front (19) Bulgaria Without Censorship (14) Attack (11) ABV (11) Independent (1)

European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB (6) Bulgarian Socialist Party (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (4) Bulgaria Without Censorship (1) IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (1) Reformist Bloc (1) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (1)

Unrepresented	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists Bulgarian Communist Party (Vladimir Spasov) Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Left Civil Union "Roma" Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria For the Homeland George's Day Movement Green Party of Bulgaria Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland Nationalist Party of Bulgaria New Time Order, Law and Justice Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Pirate Party Political Movement "Social Democrats" Reformist Bloc Union of the Bulgarian Patriots Union of Communists in Bulgaria Union of Democratic Forces The Greens The Other Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct	Alternative Social-Liberal Party Bulgarian Business Bloc Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Euro-Left Bulgarian National Socialist 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 Patriotic Party of Labour People for Real, Open and United Democracy People's Alliance People's Liberal Party People's Party Progressive Liberal Party Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian' United Labour Social Democratic Party United People's Progressive Party Young Liberals Party Zveno

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