The UDF had suffered heavily from allegations of corruption and increased unemployment after having carried out economic reforms during its four-year term.

Those included ten-fold tax cut for landlords for leasing an apartment, rent-free period for businesses renting municipal property for the duration of the national emergency, and reorganization of Sofia public transport in view of the reduced passenger flow.

[12] • Ivan Kostov (2004 - 2013) • Radan Kanev (2013 - 2017) • Atanas Atanasov (2017 - The DSB define themselves as a moderately conservative, but also nationally oriented[1] party.

They regard themselves as successors of the ruling mandate of the United Democratic Forces (1997–2001) and promise to stand up for its achievements and build on them.

They also insist on making officials of the executive and the other branches of power fully accountable for their actions stripping them of their immunity.