Movement for Rights and Freedoms

Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Движение за права и свободи
AbbreviationDPS
Honorary PresidentAhmed Dogan
LeadersDelyan Peevski (disputed)
Dzhevdet Chakarov
Founded4 January 1990 (1990-01-04)
Headquarters45A Alexander Stamboliyski Blvd., Sofia
Youth wingYouth movement for rights and freedoms
Membership (2018)Decrease 40,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[5]
National affiliationDPS - A New Beginning (2024) (de jure)
Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (2024) (de facto)
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
International affiliationLiberal International
Colors  Blue
European Parliament
3 / 17
Municipalities
48 / 265
Website
www.dps.bg Edit this at Wikidata
dpsbg.eu

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Bulgarian: Движение за права и свободи Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi, ДПС, DPS; Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Hareketi, HÖH[6]) is a centrist[5] political party in Bulgaria with a support base among ethnic minority communities. It was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). While representing the interests of Muslims, especially Turks and to a lesser extent Pomaks (Muslim Bulgarians), the party also receives the largest share of Romani votes.

Following a leadership dispute prior to the October 2024 elections, party members split into two separate electoral coalitions: Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (loyalists to Ahmed Dogan), and DPS – A New Beginning (led by Delyan Peevski).[7] After the faction led by Peevski was recognized to be the legitimate DPS by the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria, the faction led by Dogan split, changed their name and registered without claiming DPS to be a member of the alliance.[8]

  1. ^ "БСП и ГЕРБ вече почти равни по брой членове" [BSP and GERB now almost even in membership]. 24 Chasa. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ Cerami, Alfio (2006), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime, Lit verlag, p. 26
  3. ^ Pantev, Plamen (2010), "Bulgaria", NATO at 60, IOS Press, p. 70
  4. ^ [2][3]
  5. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  6. ^ "HÖH Bulgaristan - Başlangıç". HÖH Bulgaristan - Başlangıç. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  7. ^ "ЦИК прие заявленията на ДПС-Пеевски и ДПС-Доган едновременно". Свободна Европа (in Bulgarian). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  8. ^ ""Алианс за права и свободи": Румен Йончев от името на лоялните на Доган регистрира коалиция без ДПС". epicenter.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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