Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)

Union of Democratic Forces
Съюз на демократичните сили
LeaderRumen Hristov
Founded7 December 1989 (1989-12-07)
Headquarters134 Rakovska Str., 1000 Sofia
Membership (2018)around 10,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[10][11]
National affiliationGERB—SDS
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
International Democrat Union
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Colours  Blue
National Assembly
2 / 240
European Parliament
1 / 17
Municipalities
7 / 265
Website
www.sds.bg

The Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните сили, romanizedSayuz na demokratichnite sili, СДС/SDS) is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. The Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name. The SDS is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). In the 1990s the party had the largest membership in the country, with one million members,[12] but has since splintered into a number of small parties totaling no more than 40,000 members. The SDS proper had 12,000 members in 2016.[1]

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