The Middle European Class ( bg, Средна европейска класа, Sredna evropeĭska klasa; SEC/SEK), sometimes translated as Average European Class, is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 Mac ...

established by nightclub owner Georgi Manev. It is currently led by Konstantin Bachiiski and is part of the electoral coalition

We Continue the Change We Continue the Change ( bg, Продължаваме промяната, Prodalzhavame promyanata; PP), sometimes translated as Change Continues, is a centrist, anti-corruption political party and an electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by Kiril P ...

Electoral participation

Parliamentary elections

2017

In the 2017 parliamentary election, the party was part of the ultra nationalists electoral alliance

United Patriots The United Patriots (OP; bg, Обединени Патриоти; ОП, translit=Obedineni Patrioti; OP) was a nationalist electoral alliance in Bulgaria formed by three political parties: IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (IMRO), Attack (unt ...

with

IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement The IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (IMRO–BNM; bg, ВМРО – Българско Национално Движение, translit=VMRO – Balgarsko Natsionalno Dvizhenie, VMRO–BND) is a national conservative political party in Bulg ...

National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria ( bg, Национален фронт за спасение на България, Natsionalen front za spasenie na Bŭlgariya, NFSB), is an ultranationalist political party in Bulgaria. History ...

and Attack. SEC failed to secure any seats, but

entered a coalition with

GERB 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 fo ...

to form the

Third Borisov Government The ninety-third Cabinet of Bulgaria took office on May 4, 2017. It was a coalition government that was chaired by Boyko Borisov. The government was formed after the Borisov's party, GERB, won the 2017 parliamentary election. However, GERB won on ...

. In July 2020 SEC withdrew from United Patriots.

April 2021

SEC entered a new coalition with far-right political party

IMRO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр� ...

but on 17 February 2021 the Central Election Commission did not approve "Middle European Class" for participation in the April 2021 parliamentary election. The reason given was "unsealed documents, lack of signature of the party representative and other documentary failures."

July 2021

On 6 June 2021 SEC was again not approved for participation in the July 2021 parliamentary election but party members became part of

Petar Moskov Petar Stefanov Moskov ( Bulgarian: Петър Стефанов Москов), born 17 December 1970, is a Bulgarian politician and anesthesiologist, who was the Minister of Health of Bulgaria as part of the Second Borisov Government. He was also a ...

's "National Union of the Right" electoral coalition.

November 2021

On 17 September 2021 Georgi Manev stepped down as leader of the party and retired from politics. Konstantin Bachiiski became party leader and on 19 September 2021 the party and

Volt Bulgaria Volt Bulgaria (, abbreviated Volt) is a Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Bulgaria, political party in Bulgaria. It is the Bulgarian branch of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level. It is ...

announced the electoral coalition

led by

Kiril Petkov Kiril Petkov Petkov ( bg, Кирил Петков Петков; born 17 April 1980) is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and entrepreneur, who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from December 2021 to August 2022. He is the co-leader of We ...

and

Asen Vasilev Asen Vaskov Vasilev ( bg, Асен Васков Василев; born 9 September 1977) is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and entrepreneur who is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance since 13 December 2021. He is the co-l ...

, former caretaker ministers. In the November 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary еlection We Continue the Change came in first place with 67 seats. It formed a broad coalition between BSP,

ITN Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, N ...

and DB and was given the mandate to form a government on 13 December 2021. SEK had 4 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

. After ITN withdrew from the government in June 2022, a snap election was called.

References

External links

* (bg) Political parties in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-party-stub