Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft#Together for Change
{{Short description|Political party in Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Bulgarian Social-Democracy-Euro-Left
| native_name = Българска Социалдемокрация-Евролевица
| leader = Aleksandr Tomov
| colorcode = {{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}}
| foundation = 1997
| split = Bulgarian Socialist Party
| ideology = Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
| international = Socialist International (1999–2011)
| national = BSP – United Left
| country = Bulgaria
| website = https://bgsd.eu/
}}
Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft ({{langx|bg|Българска социалдемокрация – Евролевица|translit=Bŭlgarska sotsialdemokratsiya – Evrolevitsa}}; BSDE), formerly Bulgarian EuroLeft ({{langx|bg|Българска евролевица|translit=Bŭlgarska evrolevitsa}}; BEL) is a pro-Western social-democratic{{cite book|author1=Richard E. Matland|author2=Kathleen A. Montgomery|title=Women ́s Access to Political Power in Post-communist Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XmQATZrRYIC&pg=PA310|accessdate=7 February 2013|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-924686-1|page=310}}{{cite book|author=Paul Lewis|title=Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01GFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-63437-8|page=53}} political party in Bulgaria. The party was established on 22 February 1997 in Sofia.{{cite book|author=Janusz Bugajski|title=Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gGKtLTQlUcC&pg=PA790|accessdate=6 February 2013|year=2002|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-1-56324-676-0|page=790}}{{cite book|author1=Charles Vance|author2=Yongsun Paik|title=Managing a Global Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in International Human Resource Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gGKtLTQlUcC&pg=PA790|year=2006|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-2016-3|pages=790–791}} The party was formed by former members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.{{cite book|author=Frederick B. Chary|title=The History of Bulgaria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUcVrH0jcBAC&pg=PR24|accessdate=7 February 2013|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38446-2|page=24}}{{cite book|author=Ian Jeffries|title=Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=696AAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-56151-3|page=121}}
The BEL was admitted into the Socialist International as an observer affiliate in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=59|title=Socialist International – Progressive Politics For A Fairer World|website=www.socialistinternational.org}} The party was in favour of Bulgaria's accession to the European Union.{{cite book|author=Elena A. Iankova|title=Business, Government, and EU Accession: Strategic Partnership and Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vp6kTNQuTEC&pg=PA32|year=2009|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-3057-5|page=32}}
History
= Beginnings =
The party contested the 1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election as the Civil Union for the Republic – Bulgarian Euro-Left, winning 5.5% of the vote and 14 seats in the National Assembly.{{cite book|author=Peter Barker|title=The Party of Democratic Socialism in Germany: Modern Post-communism Or Nostalgic Populism?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dx0lZVqkA8C&pg=PA173|year=1998|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-0350-2|page=173}} Two deputies from the Bulgarian Business Bloc joined the BEL in February 1998. The party was part of the opposition in the National Assembly.
In 1998, the coalition voted to convert itself into a party, establishing a National Council to lead it.{{Cite web |title=Omda.bg - Българска Евролевица /БЕЛ/ |url=https://www.omda.bg/page.php?tittle=Balgarska_Evrolevica&IDMenu=387&IDArticle=445 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=OMDA}}
In 2000, BEL formed into a new party, BSDE.
This new party competed in the 2001 election, and failed to win any seats alongside minor party allies. and following the election, a split off party from the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, the Bulgarian United Social Democratic Party led by Valkana Todorova, merged into BSDE.{{Cite web |title=Българската социалдемократическа партия БСДП |url=https://www.bsdp.bg/document/?document_id=359 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.bsdp.bg}}
Alliances
= Rose Coalition (2005) =
In the 2005 election, the party took part in the election in the Rose Coalition. The composition of the coalition was as follows.{{Cite web |title=БСД И НДПС учредиха ''Коалиция на розата'' {{!}} Dnes.bg |url=https://m.dnes.bg/politika/2005/04/17/bsd-i-ndps-uchrediha-039-039-koaliciia-na-rozata-039-039.5361 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=m.dnes.bg}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; white-space: nowrap" |
| style="width:200px" colspan="2"| Party
! style="width:100px"| Leader ! style="width:120px"| Ideology |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}};"|
| Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft (BSDE) |
| style="background:#0192e0;"|
| National Movement for Rights and Freedoms (NDPS) | Güner Tahir |
| style="background:#01a601;"|
| {{ill|United Bloc of Labour|bg|Обединен блок на труда „Български лейбъристи“}} (OBT) | Krastyo Petkov |
= Coalition of the Dissatisfied =
In the 2007 election, the party took part in the election in the Coalition of the Dissatisfied. The composition of the coalition was as follows.{{Cite web |title="Коалиция на недоволните" на Сашо Томов влиза в предизборната битка |url=https://www.bgonair.bg/a/28-denqt-on-air/67129-v-bitkata-za-izborite-na-26-ti-mart-izliza-koalitsiya-na-nedovolnite |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Bgonair |language=bg}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; white-space: nowrap" |
| style="width:200px" colspan="2"| Party
! style="width:100px"| Leader ! style="width:120px"| Ideology |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}};"|
| Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft (BSDE) |
| style="background:#000000;"|
| Christian Social Union (KSS) | Grisha Gospodinov | |
= Together for Change =
{{about|the electoral coalition in Bulgaria|the Argentine party|Juntos por el Cambio|the Montenegrin party|Together for Change}}
In both the April and July 2021 elections, the party took part in the Together for Change coalition. The composition of the coalition was as follows.{{Cite web |title=Движение ”Заедно за промяна” се регистрира в ЦИК за участие в изборите |url=https://bnr.bg/post/101420801/dvijenie-zaedno-za-promana-se-registrira-v-cik-za-uchastie-v-izborite |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=bnr.bg |language=bg}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; white-space: nowrap" |
| style="width:200px" colspan="2"| Party
! style="width:100px"| Leader ! style="width:120px"| Ideology |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}};"|
| Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft (BSDE) |
| style="background:#0E54B4;"|
| European Security and Integration (ESI) | Toma Tomov |
| style="background:#858585;"|
| Patriotism 2000 (R2000) | Julian Ivanov | |
= Rose Coalition (June 2024) =
In the June 2024 election, the party took part in the election in the Rose Coalition. The coalition included two of the three former members of the 2005 coalition. NDPS last took part in elections with DOST in 2019. The composition of the coalition was as follows.{{Cite web |title=Коалиция „Коалиция на розата“ |url=https://www.vesti.bg/izbori/koaliciia-koaliciia-na-rozata-6150451 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Vesti.bg |language=bg}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; white-space: nowrap" |
| style="width:200px" colspan="2"| Party
! style="width:100px"| Leader ! style="width:120px"| Ideology |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}};"|
| Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft (BSDE) |
| style="background:#01a601;"|
| {{ill|United Bloc of Labour|bg|Обединен блок на труда „Български лейбъристи“}} (OBT) | Krastyo Petkov |
| style="background:#858585;"|
| Patriotism 2000 (R2000) | Julian Ivanov | |
= BSP – United Left =
{{main|BSP – United Left}}
In the run up to the October 2024 election, BSDE joined the BSP alliance.
Election results
= National Assembly =
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| Election
! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government |
|---|
| |1997
| 234,058 | 5.50 (#4) | {{Composition bar|14|240|hex={{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}}}} | New | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| |2001
| 44,637 | 0.98 (#8) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{decrease}} 14 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| |2005{{efn|Run as part of the Rose Coalition (with NDPS and OBT).}}
| 47,410 | 1.13 (#9) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra parliamentary}} |
| style=height:3em
! 2009 | colspan=5 align=center|Did not contest |
| style=height:3em
! 2013 | colspan=5 align=center|Did not contest |
| 2014
| 9,431 | 0.29 (#16) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra parliamentary}} |
| 2017{{efn|Run as part of the Coalition of the Dissatisfied (with KSS).}}
| 5,945 | 0.17 (#15) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra parliamentary}} |
| Apr 2021{{efn|Run as part of the Together for Change coalition (with ESI and R2000).}}
| 3,485 | 0.11 (#20) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| Jul 2021{{efn|Run again as Together for Change.}}
| 3,445 | 0.12 (#18) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| Nov 2021
| 13,710 | 0.52 (#10) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| 2022
| 5,343 | 0.21 (#17) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| 2023
| 2,633 | 0.10 (#17) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| Jun 2024{{efn|Run as part of the Rose Coalition (with OBT and R2000).}}
| 2,206 | 0.10 (#26) | {{Composition bar|0|240}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
| Oct 2024{{efn|Run in the BSP – United Left alliance.}}
| 184,403 | 7.32 (#5) | {{Composition bar|0|240|hex={{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
{{Notelist}}
=European Parliament=
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| Election
! List leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! EP Group |
|---|
| |2009
| Unclear | 14,132 | 0.55 (#11) | {{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#000000}} | New | rowspan=4 |– |
| 2014
| colspan=3 |Did not contest | {{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#000000}} | {{steady}} 0 |
| 2019
| colspan=3 |Did not contest | {{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#000000}} | {{steady}} 0 |
| 2024{{efn|Run as part of the Rose Coalition (with OBT and R2000).}}
| 2,294 | 0.11 (#25) | {{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#000000}} | {{steady}} 0 |
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References
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Category:1997 establishments in Bulgaria
Category:Political parties established in 1997