TY  - RPRT
A1  - Kutiyski, Yordan
T1  - The achilles heel of Bulgaria’s far right: the linkage between the extreme right and the Patriotic Front
T2  - sicherheitspolitik-blog.de
N2  - This is the 14. article in our series Trouble on the­ Far-Right.
country’s domestically weak far right has managed to send its representatives to the European Parliament (EP). Prior to 2014, these MEPs remained largely isolated, retaining a non-affiliated status. Initially, Volen Siderov’s far right party Attack, the first of its kind in post-communist Bulgaria, won three seats in the legislative body in 2007. Formed in 2005, Attack quickly gained electoral support, conveying a strong xenophobic and anti-minority rhetoric combined with emphasis on Orthodox Christian values and opposition to globalization. No other Bulgarian party has previously sought to attract voters using such a strategy. Attack participated in the short-lived Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the EP. Further efforts for constructing a lasting political grouping on the far right with the participation of Bulgarian parties remained futile, making their influence on debate-shaping and decision-making hardly possible. Winning a seat less in 2009, Attack remained outside of any recognized EP political group...
KW  - Angel Dzhambazki
KW  - attack
KW  - Bulgaria
KW  - Dimiter Lazarov
KW  - IMRO
KW  - IMRO-BNM
KW  - Nikolai Yovev
KW  - Patriotic Front
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39791
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-397910
UR  - http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2016/04/18/the-achilles-heel-of-bulgarias-far-right-the-linkage-between-the-extreme-right-and-the-patriotic-front/
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CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -