Bulgaria is a

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for

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covering the

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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 ...

. It is currently represented by seventeen

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Current Members of the European Parliament

Elections

2007

The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first election since joining the

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on 1 January 2007 and was held on 20 May 2007. The top two parties scored 5 seats each;

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria GERB ( bg, ГЕРБ, translation=coat of arms, acronym for Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) is a conservative, populist political party which was the ruling party of Bulgaria between 2009 and 2021. History GERB is headed by for ...

and

Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( bg, Българска социалистическа партия, translit=Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya, BSP), also known as The Centenarian ( bg, Столетницата, links=no, translit=Stoletnitsat ...

, followed by the

Movement for Rights and Freedoms The Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( bg, Движение за права и свободи ''Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi'', ДПС, DPS; tr, Hak ve Özgürlükler Hareketi, HÖH) is a centrist political party in Bulgaria with a support base ...

with four,

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with three, and

National Movement Simeon II The National Movement for Stability and Progress ( bg, Национално движение за стабилност и възход, translit=Natsionalno dvizhenie za stabilnost i vazhod, NDSV) is a liberal, populist political party in Bulgari ...

(

NDSV The National Movement for Stability and Progress ( bg, Национално движение за стабилност и възход, translit=Natsionalno dvizhenie za stabilnost i vazhod, NDSV) is a liberal, populist political party in Bulgari ...

) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.Bulgarien: EU-Wahl wird Zerreißprobe für Sofia « DiePresse.com
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2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the second for Bulgaria.

2014

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the third for Bulgaria.

2019

The

2019 European election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Bulgaria.

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

List of MEPs
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