Bulgaria: Ataka

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National Union Attack
The National Union Attack (?????????? ???? ?????, Nacionalen Sayuz Ataka; also translated as the Attack Coalition) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. At the last legislative elections, 25 June 2005, it won 9.0 % of the popular vote and 21 out of 240 seats. Attack is formed by the National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland (Nacionalno Dvizenie za Spasenie na Otecestvoto), the Bulgarian National Patriotic Party (Balgarska Nacionalna-Patrioticna Partija) and the Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense (Sajuz na Patrioticnite Sili i Voinite ot Zapaca Zacsita). Led by TV host Volen Siderov, who is widely considered racist and antisemitist, the party was created just two months before the elections. The party's leaders have criticized Bulgaria's ethnic minorities for being too privileged, and are opposed to NATO, the Iraq War and closer ties with the USA. Although the party is not particularly against Bulgaria's European Union membership, it has strongly demanded a revision of some of the already signed documents (like the document for shutting down the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant near Danube), some of which are largely considered to be against the interests of Bulgaria. Attack also insists on stronger ties with Russia. The sudden and unexpected success of Attack has been attributed as the main cause of the unexpectedly poor performance of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the old Communist Party. Party members include popular political figures such as Petar Beron, Ognyan Saparev, Rumen Vodenicharov and Stella Bankova as well as a large group of generals and other military men.
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Controversy
Ever since the results of the elections have come out, Attack has been severely criticized by most media. It has been called a xenophobic, anti-European and even fascist movement because of its racist and anti-democratic views. Some scholars consider the term 'fascist' inaccurate as the party's theses do not include the characteristics of fascism as a whole.

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Ideology
The party's two program documents, the '20 Principles' and the 'Program Scheme' feature a number of nationalistic characteristics. They define Bulgaria as a one-nation state and assert the supremacy of the state and the 'Bulgarian nation' above ethnic and religious diversity. The '20 Principles' envisage formulating a crime of 'national betrayal' and criminal prosecution of the 'national traitors'. In the past Attack named most of the present-day politicians, human rights and minority rights activists as 'national traitors'. The '20 Principles' envisage also sanctions for defamation of the 'Bulgarian national sacraments' and for 'slurs' against Bulgaria. The 'Program Scheme' proposes to make the Bulgarian Orthodox Church an 'official religion' in Bulgaria, teaching of its doctrine in the primary school and coordination of all important government decisions and draft-laws with the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church. Another question which remains open to debate is whether Attack is a right-wing or left-wing party. Attack members themselves have said that the movement is 'neither left, nor right but Bulgarian'. All the other parliamentary parties have stated that they will by no means look for coalitions with Attack, since they see it as a xenophobic group and a threat to Bulgarian ethnic minorities.

Attack has widely been compared to the NSP in Germany due to its virulent anti-semitism and the similar way in which the two parties made their way into the parliament. Party members, however, strongly oppose the comparison as they see themselves as 'carriers of a new teaching'. In several publications Siderov, the leader of Attack, suggested that the Jews have been plundering the world by financial speculation since ancient times. On numerous occasions he criminalized the entire Roma or GYPSY population in Bulgaria and talked about 'gypsy terror against Bulgarians' tolerated by the state. Leaders and supporters of Attack denounced on numerous occasions Bulgaria's Turkish minority and campaigned for outlawing the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF - DPS), the party, which represents it in the parliament.In the same time, several MRF (DPS) members are suspected for many cases of the corruption in the European founds and some governmen financial support.

The last results (March'2006) of the social surveys for the popularity of the Party "ATAKA" shows significant increasing of the bulgarian people support. The Party "ATAKA" is shown as the second party after the BSP (Bulgarian Socialist Party) and even overcomes the former rulling party NDSV (Simeon II) and turkicsh ethnik party (DPS).

http://www.vestnikataka.com/

["Caenazzo"]

Non postate sta roba in inglese che mi tocca ricorrere alle mie scarne rimembranze liceali!

Comunque Ataka per quanto ne so è un'ottima realtà.

[Il Pretoriano]

Non postate sta roba in inglese che mi tocca ricorrere alle mie scarne rimembranze liceali!

Comunque Ataka per quanto ne so è un'ottima realtà.

Ma quell'altro movimento bulgaro che fa parte dell'European National Front com'è?

["Caenazzo"]

Ma quell'altro movimento bulgaro che fa parte dell'European National Front com'è?

5 minuti che imparo il bulgaro, vado sul sito e poi te lo dico

[Il Pretoriano]

5 minuti che imparo il bulgaro, vado sul sito e poi te lo dico

Rapido però eh!