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Democratic Bulgaria

The ensuing years saw a whole string of governments come and go, as the balance of power shifted back and forth between the Bulgarian Socialist Party and their main rivals, the Union of Democratic Forces. With successive governments failing to deliver on their promises, or to prevent increasing economic hardships and surging unemployment, the Bulgarian people, impatient for change and an improvement in their lot, were unsure of which way to turn. Then, suddenly in June 2001, it seemed as though they had found their salvation, when the exiled heir to the Bulgarian throne, Tsar Simeon II, led his own political party, the National Movement Simeon II, to victory in the parliamentary elections, and formed a government backed by the minority Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

However, once again the Bulgarian people were very quickly disappointed and became disenchanted with their leader, and not surprisingly Simeon and his party failed to gain a second term after the 2005 elections, which saw the Bulgarian Socialist Party return to power headed by Sergey Stanishev.