The Bulgarian Socialist Party began its 47th congress on November 22 2008 at NDK (National Palace of Culture) in Sofia.

The motto was "We are creating a better future"; the attendees were to number more than 890.

Party leader Sergei Stanishev expressed, as reported by the daily Dnevnik, his wishes this morning for party consolidation, renewing of the party and winning another party mandate.

According to dariknews.bg, Stanishev explained that to help such happen, new bylaws, a new programme and new political framework would be approved at the congress.

Also on the agenda is the proposed relooking of the party's logo, a red and green Bulgarian rose.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is a major player in the tripartite Bulgarian Government, of which Stanishev is also prime minister. Simeon Saxe-Coburg and Ahmed Dogan, leaders of the other two parties, the National Movement for Stability and Progress (NDSV) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), respectively.

In his speech, as reported by Dnevnik, Stanishev said that when the three parties gathered together in 2005, it was not done out of love, but out of necessity, and that even now, while they still do not love one another all that much, they have succeeded in uniting under the flag of responsibility to the Bulgarian citizen.

He also said that until this time, no government in this country had led such a strong social politic, while reiterating that the BSP was ready and had the ambition to govern Bulgaria even in years when there were no elections held. The BSP was the largest and strongest party and "we are ready to take on the challenges that this dynamic contemporary era offers us", he said, as written in his speech on BSP's official website.