Situation And Development Of The Party System In Bulgaria
Trends and Processes in the Development of the Right-Wing Political Environment
- The GERB Party - The Blue Coalition - The Attack Party - The Order, Legality and Justice Party (OLJ)
Processes in the Development of the Parliamentary Opposition
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF)
Public Opinion
Major Conclusions And Forecasts
The economic crisis is the major challenge currently facing the GERB Party. The economic crisis in Bulgaria is becoming increasingly more tangible, and at the same time what has been observed is the lack of a lucid strategy and respective program for taking the country out of it, coupled with visible inconsistencies in the process of decision-making to this effect.
Over the past first quarter of the year, the pollsters have recorded the first ever more sizeable decline of the electoral support, which the GERB Party has enjoyed thus far. Nonetheless, the governing party continues to be the uncontested leader in all electoral ratings, and the personal rating of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov remains at a sufficiently high level. The principal reason underlying the high confidence rating of the incumbent government is the success it has been scoring in the combat against organized crime.
The electoral support for the BSP remains low. The results of the opinion poll surveys have been quite indicative in this respect. The internal party differences among the various leader groups remain unresolved and it is easy to foresee that these differences will continue to tear the party apart in the near future as well. This has an adverse impact on the overall development of the party and on its role of a viable opposition force as well.
