Bulgaria Without Censorship

Bulgaria Without Censorship България без цензура
Leader	Nikolay Barekov
Founded	25 January 2014
Headquarters	Cherni Vrah Blvd, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Conservatism Populism Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre-right (self-declared)^[1]
European Parliament group	European Conservatives and Reformists^[2]
Colours	Lightblue, Yellow
National Assembly	14 / 240
European Parliament	1 / 17
Website
bulgariabezcenzura.bg
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Bulgaria Without Censorship (Bulgarian: България без цензура, Balgariya bez tsenzura) is a populist political party in Bulgaria.^[3]

History

The party was created by former TV host Nikolay Barekov in January 2014. It ran for the first time in the May 2014 European Parliament election,^[4] taking one seat in the European Parliament as part of a coalition with IMRO and joined the soft eurosceptic group of European Conservatives and Reformists.^[5]

This BBT-IMRO coalition did not last, however, and IMRO left to team up with other nationalist parties for the parliamentary elections of October 2014.^[6] On 18 August 2014 BBT sealed a collation agreement with Lider to run in the upcoming elections.^[7]

Elections

Statistics

European Parliament
Election	# of seats won	# of total votes	% of popular vote	rank
2014	1	238,629	10.66%	4th

Bulgarian National Assembly
Election	# of seats won	# of total votes	% of popular vote	rank
2014	15	186,938	5.69%	6th

References

↑ "Bulgaria Uncensored is a center-right political party.".
↑ "Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП". bnews.bg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "A controversial newcomer could be kingmaker". The Economist. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Kotseva, Antonia. "Dimitar Avramov, Expert: BSP Picked Wrong Political Opponent". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
↑ "Бареков и Джамбазки отиват при консерваторите в ЕП". bnews.bg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "Two Bulgarian Nationalist Parties Team Up for Early Elections". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
↑ "Bulgaria without Censorship Strikes Alliance with Lider Party". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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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