Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning (, DPS–NN), also referred to as DPS–Peevski, was a Bulgarian electoral alliance, led by DPS and its chairman, media mogul and oligarch Delyan Peevski.
History Formation The coalition was set up in response to the removal of Peevski as co-leader of the DPS, ahead of the October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election. Its registration was submitted electronically early in the morning on 2 September, in order to be approved before the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, the competing DPS faction. This move was unprecedented, and the electoral commission decided to allow both electoral coalitions to run with the same abbreviation. On 11 September, the SAC ruled that DPS was part of DPS-NN, because their registration had been submitted first. Peevski's removal from party leadership was later overturned by the Sofia City Court.
Consolidation Following the split in the DPS, its elected mayors split roughly evenly between Peevski and Dogan's factions. In April 2025, Peevski launched a campaign to attract elected mayors to join his faction, targeting municipalities which had remained loyal to Dogan. According to research by Deutsche Welle, by 1 May 2025, DPS-NN had 34 mayors. By 17 June, all mayors in the Kardzhali Province were aligned with DPS–NN.
Dissolution In early 2026, DPS under the leadership of Peevski registered on their own ahead of the upcoming election.
Composition Despite the original DPS being listed as part of both electoral coalitions, the Commission decided on 4 September that both had to prove the original party was not part of either group, something neither wing agreed to do by the 7 September deadline. Because it was technically registered first online, the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria accepted the application filed by DPS–Peevski and as such the official DPS was part of DPS–Peevski.https://www.novinite.com/articles/228291/Supreme+Court+Bars+Ahmed+Dogan%E2%80%99s+DPS+Coalition+from+Elections%2C+Allows+Peevski%E2%80%99s+Faction The composition of DPS–Peevski at the October 2024 election was as follows:
Party Leader Ideology Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) Delyan Peevski LiberalismTurkish minority interests Bulgarian Voice (BG) Georgi Zacharinin Popov National conservatismEuro-Atlanticism New Leaders Ivanka Miteva Direct democracyLocal politics of Plovdiv
Election results National Assembly Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government Oct 2024 Delyan Peevski 281,356 11.17 (#4) New (Jan-Mar 2025) (Mar 2025-Feb 2026)
See also Alliance for Rights and Freedoms
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