Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy

Bulgarian National Union - ND

Български национален съюз - Нова демокрация
Bulgarian National Union - ND Български национален съюз - Нова демокрация
Leader	Boyan Rasate
Founded	2014
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Anti-immigration; Hard Euroscepticism
Political position	Far-right
Colours	White, green, red, and black
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
	idem.bg
	Politics of Bulgaria; Political parties; Elections;

Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (BNU-ND) (Bulgarian: Български национален съюз - Нова демокрация (БНС-НД)) is an ultranationalist political party based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The party claims to be patriotic and purports to protect Bulgarian values. Its leader is Boyan Rasate.

The party opposes the celebration of what it considers non-Bulgarian holidays in the country, including 9 May, "Victory Day". It draws attention by stating protests and by practicing civil disobedience.^[1] The considers it a right-wing, nationalist fringe party, and commented that it has an "unblemished record of never winning any seats in elections".^[1]

Objectives of the party[]

The party wants a strong centralized state power and rejects the current multi-party parliamentary democracy, calling it "compromised".^[2] It wants to dissolve all political parties and all organizations that it claims undermine the foundations of the Bulgarian state and society. The National Assembly should be composed of professionals, elected on a regional basis and competent in their field representatives of different backgrounds and professions. The means of production and the national economy can be both private and public, but the strategic sectors of the economy and public life are to be owned by Bulgarian state.

It favors a conscript army for men and women, and considers the Bulgarian "homeland" to be larger than its current borders. Bulgarian minorities outside of the Republic of Bulgaria are an integral part of the Bulgarian nation and state should protect their interests by any means – such regions include Thrace, Macedonia and Dobruja.

Electoral history[]

Bulgarian Parliament
Election	# of seats won	# of total votes	% of popular vote	rank	Government
2014	0 / 240	5,559	0.17	21th	Extra-parliamentary
Apr 2021	0 / 240	2,936	0.09	26th	Extra-parliamentary
Jul 2021	0 / 240	4,690	0.17	15th	Extra-parliamentary
Nov 2021	0 / 240	1,099	0.04	27th	Extra-parliamentary

References[]

^ ^a ^b Clive, Leviev-Sawyer (28 January 2016). "Controversial Bulgarian 'national strike – we're here' protest proves to be a misnomer". . Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "BNS-ND Website Section on Party Programme". Retrieved 14 February 2021. Ние отхвърляме сегашната многопартийна парламентарна демокрация като форма на управление, която е компрометирана, не кореспондира с манталитета и историческите нужди на Българския народ и като такава се явява вредна за съдбините му.

[:0-1] Clive, Leviev-Sawyer (28 January 2016). "Controversial Bulgarian 'national strike – we're here' protest proves to be a misnomer". . Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[BNS-SN_Website_on_Programme-2] "BNS-ND Website Section on Party Programme". Retrieved 14 February 2021. Ние отхвърляме сегашната многопартийна парламентарна демокрация като форма на управление, която е компрометирана, не кореспондира с манталитета и историческите нужди на Българския народ и като такава се явява вредна за съдбините му.

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