DPS – New Beginning

{{Short description|Bulgarian electoral coalition}} {{Infobox political party | name = Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning | native_name = Движение за права и свободи – Ново начало | logo = Logo of the DPS – A New Beginning.svg | colorcode = {{Political party data|color}} | abbreviation = DPS–NN | chairperson = Delyan Peevski | founded = {{start date|2024|09|02|df=y}} | dissolved = {{end date|2026|03|02|df=yes}}<ref name="Dissolution">{{Cite web |date=2026-03-02 |title=ДПС внесе документи за регистрация в ЦИК за участие в изборите на 19 април|url=https://bntnews.bg/news/dps-vnese-dokumenti-za-registraciya-v-cik-za-uchastie-v-izborite-na-19-april-1381762news.html|language=bg}}</ref> | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |Liberalism{{refn|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latest Polling Data and election polls for DPS |url=https://politpro.eu/en/bulgaria/parties/dps |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Latest Polling Data and election polls for DPS |language=en}}</ref><ref name="EE">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-03 |title=Bulgaria |url=https://europeelects.eu/bulgaria/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Europe Elects |language=en-US}}</ref>}} |Turkish minority interests<ref name="EE" /> }} | position = Centre<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=EP Liberals expel Bulgarian MRF party over ‘corrupt’ leader Delyan Peevski |url=https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/12/ep-liberals-expel-bulgarian-mrf-party-over-corrupt-leader-delyan-peevski/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Brussels Signal |language=en-GB}}</ref> | europarl = Renew Europe (2024)<br>Non-Inscrits (2024–2026) | european = European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates | colors = {{colour box|{{party color|DPS – A New Beginning}}}} Blue <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/ --> | seats1_title = National Assembly | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}} | seats3_title = | seats3 = | website = {{Political party data|website}} / {{URL|https://www.dps.bg/}}{{efn|The Alliance for Rights and Freedoms initially had control of this website, but following the legal success of DPS–NN, they took over the website.}} | country = Bulgaria }}

'''Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning''' ({{langx|bg|Движение за права и свободи – Ново начало; ДПС-НН|Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi – Novo nachalo}}, '''DPS–NN'''), also referred to as '''DPS–Peevski''', was a Bulgarian electoral alliance, led by DPS and its chairman, media mogul<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=Mafia state pushes Bulgarian democracy to the brink |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-election-delyan-peevski-boyko-borissov-state-capture-democracy-mafia/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref> and oligarch<ref>{{Cite web |last=Todorov |first=Svetoslav |date=2024-12-19 |title=Delyan Peevski: Sanctioned Oligarch Plotting Pathway to Top in Bulgaria |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2024/12/19/delyan-peevski-sanctioned-oligarch-plotting-pathway-to-top-in-bulgaria/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Simeonova |first1=Elitsa |last2=Bedrov |first2=Ivan |date=2024-08-12 |title=Bulgaria's Most Powerful Oligarch, Delyan Peevski, May Be Losing His Grip On Power |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-peevski-dps-corruption-sanctions/33072468.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US-sanctioned politician's influence key to Bulgarian government's survival - Euractiv |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/us-sanctioned-politicians-influence-key-to-bulgarian-governments-survival/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120062808/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/us-sanctioned-politicians-influence-key-to-bulgarian-governments-survival/ |archive-date=2025-01-20 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Breaking up with Peevski |url=https://www.economist.com/eastern-approaches/2013/09/20/breaking-up-with-peevski |access-date=2025-01-27 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> Delyan Peevski.

== History == === Formation === The coalition was set up in response to the removal of Peevski as co-leader of the DPS, ahead of the October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulgarian Election Commission Registers Rival DPS Factions Simultaneously - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/228114/Bulgarian+Election+Commission+Registers+Rival+DPS+Factions+Simultaneously |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.novinite.com}}</ref> Its registration was submitted electronically early in the morning on 2 September, in order to be approved before the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, the competing DPS faction. This move was unprecedented, and the electoral commission decided to allow both electoral coalitions to run with the same abbreviation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Делян Пеевски: ДПС-Ново начало вече е факт |url=https://btvnovinite.bg/bulgaria/deljan-peevski-dps-novo-nachalo-veche-e-fakt.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=bTV Новините |language=bg}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=Кой кой е сред новите партньори на ДПС-Доган и ДПС-Пеевски? |url=https://boulevardbulgaria.bg/articles/dps-dogan-i-dps-peevski-shte-se-yavyavat-na-izborite-v-koalitsii-s-partii-faytoni |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Boulevard Bulgaria|language=bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=След безпрецедентен казус в ЦИК: И ДПС на Ахмед Доган, и ДПС на Делян Пеевски с коалиции от три партии |url=https://btvnovinite.bg/bulgaria/i-dps-na-ahmed-dogan-i-dps-na-deljan-peevski-s-koalicii-ot-tri-partii.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=bTV Новините |language=bg}}</ref> On 11 September, the SAC ruled that DPS was part of DPS-NN, because their registration had been submitted first.<ref>{{cite web | title=The SAC ruled that the CEC should immediately register DPS-New Beginning | url=https://fakti.bg/en/bulgaria/911403-vas-postanovi-cik-nezabavno-da-registrira-dps-novo-nachalo }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court Bars Ahmed Dogan’s DPS Coalition from Elections, Allows Peevski’s Faction - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/228291/Supreme+Court+Bars+Ahmed+Dogan%E2%80%99s+DPS+Coalition+from+Elections%2C+Allows+Peevski%E2%80%99s+Faction |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=www.novinite.com}}</ref> Peevski's removal from party leadership was later overturned by the Sofia City Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Съдът отказа да премахне Делян Пеевски като председател и член на ДПС| trans-title=Delyan Peevski: DPS-New beginning is already a fact| url=https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/peevski-dps/33303198.html |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=svobodnaevropa.bg | date=4 February 2025|language=bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-26 |title=ДПС е вече само негова. Как Пеевски окончателно спечели партията на Доган |url=https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/dps-okonchatelno-ostava-na-peevski/33484392.html |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=Свободна Европа |language=bg}}</ref>

=== Consolidation === Following the split in the DPS, its elected mayors split roughly evenly between Peevski and Dogan's factions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title="Той смята, че е купил тая партия". Какво е бъдещето на Доган и Пеевски в ДПС |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/analizi/2024/09/18/4677338_toi_smiata_che_e_kupil_taia_partiia_kakvo_e_budeshteto/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Dnevnik |language=bg}}</ref> In April 2025, Peevski launched a campaign to attract elected mayors to join his faction, targeting municipalities which had remained loyal to Dogan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Кметовете в тестето на "Новото начало", или как се печели местна власт без избори |url=https://boulevardbulgaria.bg/articles/kmetovete-novata-nisha-na-delyan-peevski |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Boulevard Bulgaria|language=bg}}</ref> According to research by Deutsche Welle, by 1 May 2025, DPS-NN had 34 mayors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Те смениха господаря: кметовете на Делян Пеевски |date=1 May 2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/bg/te-smeniha-gospodara-kmetovete-na-delan-peevski/a-72404707 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=bg}}</ref> By 17 June, all mayors in the Kardzhali Province were aligned with DPS–NN.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-11 |title=Пеевски почти напълно превзе Кърджали, след като нови кметове отидоха в "ДПС - Ново начало" |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/politika/2025/06/11/4793790_peevski_pochti_napulno_prevze_kurdjali_sled_kato_novi/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Dnevnik |language=bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title="Бастионът падна". Всички общини в Кърджали преминаха в лагера на Пеевски |url=https://www.mediapool.bg/bastionat-padna-vsichki-obshtini-v-kardzhali-preminaha-v-lagera-na-peevski-news372345.html |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Mediapool.bg |language=bg}}</ref>

=== Dissolution=== In early 2026, DPS under the leadership of Peevski registered on their own ahead of the upcoming election.<ref name="Dissolution"></ref>

== Composition == Despite the original DPS being listed as part of both electoral coalitions, the Commission decided on 4 September that both had to prove the original party was not part of either group,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=ЦИК поиска коалициите на Пеевски и Чакъров да докажат, че ДПС не е част от тях |url=https://www.mediapool.bg/tsik-poiska-koalitsiite-na-peevski-i-chakarov-da-dokazhat-che-dps-ne-e-chast-ot-tyah-news362776.html |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Mediapool.bg |language=bg-BG}}</ref> something neither wing agreed to do by the 7 September deadline.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-07 |title=Спорът в ДПС отива в съда. И двете крила не се съобразиха с указанието на ЦИК |url=https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/spor-dps-cik-vas/33110824.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Свободна Европа |language=bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Алианс за права и свободи": Румен Йончев от името на лоялните на Доган регистрира коалиция без ДПС |url=https://epicenter.bg/article/-quot-Alians-za-prava-i-svobodi-quot--Loyalnite-na-Dogan-podadoha-dokumenti-za-registratsiya-na-koalitsiya-bez-DPS/360592/2/0 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=epicenter.bg |language=bg}}</ref> Because it was technically registered first online, the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria accepted the application filed by DPS–Peevski and as such the official DPS was part of DPS–Peevski.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fakti.bg/en/bulgaria/911403-vas-postanovi-cik-nezabavno-da-registrira-dps-novo-nachalo | title=The SAC ruled that the CEC should immediately register DPS-New Beginning }}</ref><ref>https://www.novinite.com/articles/228291/Supreme+Court+Bars+Ahmed+Dogan%E2%80%99s+DPS+Coalition+from+Elections%2C+Allows+Peevski%E2%80%99s+Faction</ref> The composition of DPS–Peevski at the October 2024 election was as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; white-space: nowrap" |- ! style="width:200px" colspan="2"| Party ! style="width:100px"| Leader ! style="width:120px"| Ideology |- | style="background:{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}};"| | Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) (de jure) | Delyan Peevski | Liberalism<br>Turkish minority interests |- | style="background:#00A651;"| | Bulgarian Voice (BG){{efn|The party first ran nationally in the June 2024 elections, supporting breakaway figures from Revival, but failed to win any seats.}} | Georgi Zacharinin Popov | National conservatism<br>Euro-Atlanticism |- | style="background:#4bb9de;"| | New Leaders{{efn|The party has locally been in the United for Plovdiv coalition of former mayor Georgi Tityukov.}} | Ivanka Miteva | Direct democracy<br>Local politics of Plovdiv |}

==Election results== ===National Assembly=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |- ! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government |- ! rowspan="2" | Oct 2024 | rowspan="2" align="left" | Delyan Peevski | rowspan="2" | 281,356 | rowspan="2" | 11.17 (#4) | rowspan="2" | {{Composition bar|29|240|hex={{party color|DPS – A New Beginning}}}} | rowspan="2" | New | {{no2|Opposition}} (Jan-Mar 2025) |- | {{ya|text=Support}} (since Mar 2025){{efn|The party does not officially support the government, but is considered to be the party that gives the government a de facto majority.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Димитрова |first=Софи |date=2025-04-30 |title=Бойко Борисов за ДПС-НН: Ще им казвам благодаря, докато ме подкрепят |url=https://news24sofia.eu/borisov-za-dps-nn-shte-im-kazvam-blagodarya-dokato-me-podkrepyat/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=News24sofia.eu |language=bg-BG}}</ref>}} |}

==See also== *Alliance for Rights and Freedoms

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