Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)
Union of Democratic Forces Съюз на демократичните сили | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Rumen Hristov |
| Founded | 7 December 1989 |
| Headquarters | 134 Rakovska Str., 1000 Sofia |
| Membership (2018) | around 10,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| National affiliation | GERB—SDS |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International International Democracy Union |
| Colours | Blue |
| National Assembly | 1 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 17 |
| Municipalities | 7 / 265 |
| Website | |
| sds.bg | |
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The Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните сили, romanized: Sayuz 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, 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.