Neutral Bulgaria () is a coalition of political parties in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

created to participate in the

2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. These were initially scheduled to be held before November 2026; however, as no government was approved by the 48th Parliament, Bulgarian ...

. The members are in support of the

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and Russian president

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, as well as in

opposition to NATO Opposition to NATO tends to mainly come from pacifist organisation, workers movements, environmental groups and green parties, and socialist and communist political parties. They believe NATO to be antithetical to global peace and stability, envir ...

History

The coalition is led by Nikolai Malinov, who was personally awarded by

and has been placed under sanctions from the

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. Volen Siderov stood as the party's candidate in Sofia and Varna. The coalition received 0.40% of the vote, well below the 4% threshold to enter the

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Composition

Electoral history

National Assembly

References

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