Parties & Politics |
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Political parties and leaders: |
Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Sergei STANISHEV];
Coalition for Bulgaria or CfB (coalition of parties dominated by BSP) [Sergei STANISHEV];
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization or VMRO [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV];
Movement for Rights and Freedoms or MRF [Ahmed DOGAN];
National Movement for Simeon II or NMS2 [Simeon SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA];
Union of Democratic Forces or UDF [Nadezhda MIKHAYLOVA];
Union of Free Democrats or UFD [Stefan SOFIYANSKI];
United Democratic Forces or UtdDF (a coalition between the UDF and other center-right parties) |
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
agrarian movement;
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB;
Podkrepa Labor Confederation;
numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest groups with various agendas |
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Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2003 |
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