The achilles heel of Bulgaria’s far right: the linkage between the extreme right and the Patriotic Front
- 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...
Author: | Yordan Kutiyski |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-397910 |
URL: | 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/ |
Parent Title (German): | sicherheitspolitik-blog.de |
Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
Document Type: | Report |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2016/04/18 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/04/18 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2016/04/26 |
Tag: | Angel Dzhambazki; Bulgaria; Dimiter Lazarov; IMRO; IMRO-BNM; Nikolai Yovev; Patriotic Front; attack |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 381226859 |
Institutes: | Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Gesellschaftswissenschaften |
Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |