Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning (Bulgarian:Движение за права и свободи – Ново начало; ДПС-НН,romanized: Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi – Novo nachalo,DPS–NN), often known asDPS–Peevski, is a Bulgarian electoral alliance. It is led by theMovement for Rights and Freedoms and its chairman, media mogul[5] and oligarch[6][7][8][9]Delyan Peevski.
The coalition was set up in response to the removal of Peevski as co-leader of the DPS, ahead of theOctober 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election.[10] Its registration was submitted electronically early in the morning on 2 September, in order to be approved before theAlliance 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.[11][12][13] On 11 September, theSAC ruled that DPS was part of DPS-NN, because their registration had been submitted first.[14][15] Peevski's removal from party leadership was later overturned by the Sofia City Court.[16][17]
Following the party's formation, the original DPS mayors split 50:50 between Peevski and Dogan's new parties.[21]
In April 2025, Peevski launched a campaign to attract elected mayors to join his party, particularly targeting municipalities which had formerly remained loyal to Dogan's party.[22] According to research byDeutsche Welle, by 1 May 2025, the party had 34 mayors.[23] By 17 June, all mayors in theKardzhali Province were aligned with DPS–NN.[24][25]
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,[26] something neither wing agreed to do by the 7 September deadline.[27][28] Because it was technically registered first online, theSupreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria accepted the application filed by DPS–Peevski and as such the official DPS was part of DPS–Peevski.[29][30] The composition of DPS–Peevski at the October 2024 election was as follows:
