Conservative Union of the Right

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| name = Conservative Union of the Right

| native_name = Консервативно обединение на десницата

| native_name_lang = bg

| logo = Logo of the Conservative Union of the Right.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| colorcode = {{party color|Conservative Union of the Right}}

| abbreviation = KOD

| leader = Petar Moskov

| founder = Petar Moskov

| founded = {{start date|df=yes|2019|03|28}}

| split = Democrats for Strong Bulgaria

| headquarters = 9 Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi blvd., Sofia

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| position = Right-wing

| national = {{ill|National Union of the Right|bg|Национално обединение на десницата}} (2021)
Blue Bulgaria (2024)

| european = European Conservatives and Reformists (intention to join){{cite web | url=https://bnr.bg/vidin/post/101962125/kod-se-gotvi-za-evroizborite-opredeli-upravlenieto-na-stranata-kato-socialistichesko | title=КОД се готви за евроизборите, определи управлението на страната като "социалистическо" }}

| colors = {{color box|#100A54|border=darkgray}} Blue

| slogan = "The Voice of the Free Bulgarian"

| seats1_title = National Assembly

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| seats2_title = European Parliament

| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|17|hex={{party color|Conservative Union of the Right}}}}

| seats3_title = Sofia City Council

| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|3|61|hex={{party color|Conservative Union of the Right}}}}

| seats4_title = Municipalities

| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1|265|hex={{party color|Conservative Union of the Right}}}}

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| website = {{URL|bulgarianconservatives.eu}}

| country = Bulgaria

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The Conservative Union of the Right ({{langx|bg|Консервативно обединение на десницата|Konservativno obedinenie na desnitsata}}, abbreviated as КОД/KOD) is a conservative Bulgarian political party. Its founder and current leader is the former Minister of Health of Bulgaria, Petar Moskov.

History

The Conservative Union of the Right was founded on 29 March 2019{{cite web | url=https://bnr.bg/horizont/post/101100321/bivshiat-ministar-petar-moskov-uchredi-kod | title=Бившият министър Петър Москов учреди партия КОД }} in Sofia by the former Minister of Health Petar Moskov, as well as other former members of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria.{{cite web | url=https://tribune.bg/bg/politika/petar-moskov-predstavya-novata-si-partiya-kod/ | title=Петър Москов представя новата си партия КОД }} Moskov left the Reformist Bloc because he claimed that it was not right wing enough. His former coalition partners called his party a project of "anti-European authoritarian conservatism".{{cite web | url=https://clubz.bg/76861-radan_kynev_petyr_moskov_trygna_po_pytq_na_antievropejskiq_avtoritaren_konservatizym | title=Радан Кънев: Петър Москов тръгна по пътя на антиевропейския авторитарен консерватизъм }}

Political positions

KOD is strongly conservative and right-wing, viewing liberalism and socialism as its two biggest rivals. Moskov declared his opposition to centrism and "popular" parties and tried to impose conservatism as the dominant social force, believing that it supports "rules and values that bring back normality". Therefore, he declared opposition to all other Bulgarian political parties, with the exception of VMRO and NFSB.{{cite web | url=https://btvnovinite.bg/predavania/tazi-sabota-i-nedelia/petar-moskov-za-novata-partija-kod-nie-sme-alternativa-na-provalenija-liberalen-model.html | title=Петър Москов за новата партия "Код": Ние сме алтернатива на проваления либерален модел }}

Moskov states that the policies of previous right-wing governments are similar to "grandparents watching porn together to see if they will get married".{{cite web | url=https://btvnovinite.bg/predavania/tazi-sutrin/petar-moskov-za-pochinaloto-3-godishno-dete-vinoven-e-sistemnijat-problem.html | title=Петър Москов за починалото 3-годишно дете: Виновен е системният проблем }} He points to Donald Trump's administration and Viktor Orban's Hungary as examples of the type of right-wing conservatism he would like to impose.{{cite web | url=https://m.dnevnik.bg/politika/2020/07/27/4095734_politicheskata_kriza_imalo_e_policeisko_nasilie_na/ | title=Политическата криза: имало е полицейско насилие на протестите, установи МВР (хронология) | date=27 July 2020 }}

KOD aims to disenfranchise former communists and members of BZNS through a process of "criminal lustration",{{cite web | url=https://bulgarianconservatives.eu/moskov-vnasya-zakon-za-palna-lustratsia/ | title=Москов внася пълна лустрация за зависимите от БКП и ДС }} as well as those with lesser education, from voting in elections or referendums.{{cite web | url=https://webcafe.bg/politika/1659028970-partiyata-na-moskov-iska-obrazovatelen-tsenz-za-izbiratelite.html | title=Партията на Москов иска образователен ценз за избирателите | date=13 December 2019 }}

Election results

=National Assembly=

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Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government
Apr 2021 \| rowspan=7 \| Petar Moskov \| 9,415 \| 0.29 (#16) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| New \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Jul 2021{{efn\|name="NOD"\|Run as part of the National Union of the Right coalition.}} \| 7,872 \| 0.28 (#13) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Nov 2021{{efn\|name="NOD"}} \| 11,239 \| 0.42 (#14) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2022 \| 5,028 \| 0.19 (#19) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2023 \| 7,739 \| 0.29 (#12) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Jun 2024{{efn\|name="blue_bg"\|Run as part of the Blue Bulgaria coalition.}} \| 33,613 \| 1.52 (#9) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Oct 2024{{efn\|name="blue_bg"}} \| 26,054 \| 1.03 (#10) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|240\|{{party color\|Conservative Union of the Right}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}

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Election

! Leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! Government

Apr 2021

| rowspan=7 | Petar Moskov

| 9,415

| 0.29 (#16)