the United Agrarians, Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, and Radical Democratic Party — bringing the number of parties in the coalition up to five. The new alliance, named the Blue Coalition, won 7.95% of all votes in the European parliamentary elections held in June. The coalition won one seat, but this was adjusted to two seats after the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009. In the parliamentary elections held in July, the coalition won 6.8% of the vote and won 15 seats. According to an agreement, the more popular party, according to opinion polls (the UDF), took 60% of the seats, and the DSB agreed to take the rest. Clash with inner opposition and problems with the Sofia City Court His opponents opposed the Blue Coalition, dubbed the “marriage from hell”. DSB had less than 1.5% public support when the agreement was signed. Influential UDF members showed serious disagreement with the decision of the National Council of the UDF to enter this coalition. In Dimitrov's own words: “There are problems and disagreements within UDF, but we take decisions democratically. I just lead the way, but do nothing without democratic sanctioning from the party’s majority. The problem with DSB for the vast majority of UDF is only one person [meaning Ivan Kostov], who I personally do not mind if for the good of the coalition he decides to step down”. On 13 April 2009, the Sofia City Court ruled that the main document with respect to running the party is illegitimate, stating that: “it is not very democratic that members of UDF should elect their leader via anonymous vote”. Dimitrov said that he “can not believe the amateurish wording and absurd argumentation” of the Court’s decision. “The Court makes political comments which are not its job to do,” he said. Seizing the opportunity, the former leader, Plamen Youroukov, said that the coalition with DSB must be revised and annulled as it is illegitimate, and he thinks that the Court “must have serious reasons” to refuse to write in the register the new leadership of UDF. Youroukov was the man who organized the party elections, organized the transition, and lodged the documents, which he now says are not lawful. In an unprecedented move, on 30 April 2009, Plamen Radonov, the right hand of Plamen Youroukov, lodged the documents for registration of UDF as a sole political entity, against the