Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Алтернатива за българско възраждане | |
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| Abbreviation | ABV |
| Leader | Rumen Petkov |
| Founder | Georgi Parvanov |
| Founded | 25 January 2014 |
| Split from | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Ideology | Social democracy[1] Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] |
| National affiliation | BSP for Bulgaria (2021) Bulgarian Rise (2022–2023) The Left! (2023–2024) BSP – United Left (2024–) |
| Colours | Purple |
| National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
| Website | |
| abv-alternativa | |
The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, romanized: Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, АБВ) is a centre-left[2] political party in Bulgaria. ABV, the romanized party's initials in Bulgarian, are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to ABC.[3] A social-democratic party,[1] it holds pro-European[4] and "quasi-nationalist social conservative" views.[5]
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- ^ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
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- ^ Popivanov, Boris (2014). Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria. Columbia University Press. p. 160.