Country: | Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Democratic Center | |
Native Name: | Български Демократичен Център |
Leader: | Krassimira Kovachka, Stefan Kenov |
Foundation: | 2007 |
Headquarters: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Ideology: | Liberalism[1] Conservatism[2] Pro-Europeanism[3] |
Position: | Centre to centre-right[4] |
Colours: | Blue |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
Seats2 Title: | European Parliament |
Bulgarian Democratic Center (Bulgarian: Български Демократичен Център – an acronym for "Bulgarian Democratic Center"), formerly (Lider – Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development)[5] is a Bulgarian political party registered in 2007.
Lider participated in the 2009 European Parliament election together with the center-right political party Novoto Vreme and gathered 5.7% of the vote, which was just under the electoral quota.[6] Lider participated in the 2009 parliamentary election outside of any right-wing coalition, winning only 3.3% of the votes and therefore failing to secure parliamentary representation.
Lider did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential election.
In the 2013 parliamentary elections Lider polled 61,482 (1.74%) votes. Once again the party failed to cross the 4% threshold for representation.