Bulgarian Socialist Party
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP is just a political party in Bulgaria. It is led by Sergei Stanishev. It is the successor party of the Bulgarian Communist Party ( BCP ).
Since the 2013 parliamentary elections it provides, together with the xenophobic party Ataka and the party of the Turkish minority DPS Oresharski government.
History
The Bulgarian Socialist Party was founded in 1891 as the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party. She wore from 1919 to 1924 and from 1948 to 1 April 1990 the name of Bulgarian Communist Party. Since 1954 until 10 October 1989, Todor Zhivkov 's chairman and it one of the longest reigning party and head of state in Eastern Europe.
The demand for policy reforms, Eastern Europe flooded in 1989, Zhivkov forced to resign and the party was moving in a reformist direction, gave Marxism- Leninism in 1990 and renamed itself the Bulgarian Socialist Party has to offer. The party has, however, distanced itself until the present time not of their communist past and the crimes associated with it.
Government of Shan Widenov (1995-1997)
1996-1997 caused the socialist government under Shan Widenov that served the interests of the former nomenklatura, one of the worst economic crises in Bulgaria. In the spring of 1996, due to the high national debt to a severe economic crisis. Banks collapsed together practically overnight, the state got into financial difficulties over its foreign lenders. A hyperinflation and mass protests and blockades of the country in the spring of 1997 were the result.
In the hope of support from the World Bank and IMF, the socialist government adopted a program structure. 134 state-owned enterprises should be closed by tax breaks they tried - to lure investors - especially foreign.
In the parliamentary elections of 2001 it was part of the Alliance Coalition for Bulgaria, which got 48 out of 240 seats. The reigning from 2002 to 2012 Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov was a member and chairman of the party. The party is the successor party of the Bulgarian Communist Party and was founded in 1990 after the collapse of state socialism. The BSP is a member of the Socialist International.
Participation in government under Sergei Stanishev (2005-2009)
In the elections on 25 June 2005, the GNP was 32 % of the votes clear winner. Sergei Stanishev replaced with a three coalition of BSP, NMSS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( DPS ) Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha from as Prime Minister.
The guided by the Socialists under Sergei Stanishev three-party coalition has been accused of a failure to EU policies and corruption, insufficient anti-mafia and the lack of proper youth policy after a stop money from Brussels. It is the Bulgarian government, which possessed the least about the trust of the population. In early 2009 gave her only 15 % of Bulgarians confidence while 76 % against them were.
2009 lost the Bulgarian Socialist Party parliamentary elections. You got it almost 200,000 fewer votes than in the parliamentary election in 1997 Widenov government was voted out. According to two former ministers Stanishev, Rumen Owtscharow and Wesela Letschewa who lost the election to close proximity of the socialists is due to the party DPS, has been accused of corruption to a great extent.
In November 2010, the then incumbent president and former leader of the BSP Georgi Parvanov presented starting your own party in view, which is another part of the party members threatened to secede. These plans were not followed up after the end of his term.
Participation in government under Plamen Oresharski (since 2013)
Already during the election campaign to the early parliamentary elections in 2013 launched an expert Stanishev government Plamen Oresharski. Although the GERB party won the election, she missed a majority in parliament and returned the government mandate. The BSP was thus as the second biggest parliamentary mandate and could provide the Oresharski government with the support of xenophobic Ataka party and the party of the Turkish minority Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( DPS ). Already in the second week of the term, there were nationwide protests because of the occupation of important government positions by political figures of the parties DPS and BSP from the government Stanishev and of breaking election promises. When the law for the Bulgarian secret service DANS the appointment of the controversial media mogul and son of a banker Deljan Peewski " cut " was and Peewski was appointed by the Parliament in a Eilabstimmung, ahead of an impending legislative veto of the President of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev, the intelligence chief, Oresharski lost popular support and trust Plewneliews.
List of party chairman after 1990
- Alexander Lilov (1990-1991)
- Shan Widenov (1991-1996)
- Georgi Parvanov (1996-2001)
- Sergei Stanishev (since 2001)