We Continue the Change (political party)

We Continue the Change (Bulgarian: Продължаваме промяната, romanized: Prodalzhavame promyanata; PP) is a centrist, anti-corruption political party in Bulgaria.[2]

For the electoral alliance with the same name, see We Continue the Change.
We Continue the Change
Продължаваме промяната
AbbreviationPP
Leader
Founded15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)
Ideology
Political positionCentre[1]
Electoral allianceWe Continue the Change
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
  Green
National Assembly
61 / 240
Website
promeni.bg

History

The party was officially founded by Kiril Petkov and Asen Vasilev on 15 April 2021,[3] following the success of their electoral coalition under the same name in the November 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election. This coalition used the party lists of 3 minor parties, as it was too late to register as a singular party.[4]

In the November 2021 election, the electoral coalition came in first place, with over 25% of the vote.[5] It received 67 seats, 61 of which went to We Continue the Change. Petkov, as the Prime Minister designate of the coalition, formed a government alongside BSP, ITN and DB in the subsequent months after the election.[6][7]

Ideology

We Continue the Change is a centrist political party, which focuses on rooting out corruption.[8]

Election results

We Continue the Change took part in the November 2021 Bulgarian election, with its electoral alliance coming in first place, with 25.67% of the vote and 67 seats.[9][10] At the election, the alliance won 67 seats. 4 went to SEC and 2 seats were won by Volt. We Continue the Change won the rest of the seats as a party.

Election results
National Assembly
2021 (November) as part of PP 673,170 (PP) 25.32 (#1 PP)
61 / 240
 61 Coalition

References
  1. Tsolova, Tsvetelia (November 14, 2021). "New anti-graft centrist party seen winning Bulgaria's election". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
  2. "Bulgaria | Center for Strategic and International Studies". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  3. "След 4 месеца във властта Петков и Василев ще учредят партия". СЕГА (in Bulgarian). 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. ""Продължаваме промяната" постигна коалиционно споразумение с още една партия - По света и у нас - БНТ Новини". bntnews.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  5. "New anti-corruption party leading Bulgaria's parliamentary vote". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  6. "Bulgaria's Election Victor Successfully Closes Coalition Talks". Balkan Insight. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  7. Reuters (2021-12-10). "Bulgaria's centrist PP party seals deal for coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  8. "Принципи и приоритети - Продължаваме Промяната заедно". Продължаваме Промяната. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  9. "Резултати :: Избори за президент и вицепрезидент и народни представители 14 ноември 2021". results.cik.bg. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  10. "Избори 2021 - Dnevnik.bg". Dnevnik (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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