In 2020 GERB suffered a split, as a sizable number of members and local party organizations left alongside former second-in-command Tsvetan Tsvetanov to form the Republicans for Bulgaria party.
GERB experienced a division in 2020, resulting from a significant exodus of members and regional party groups, accompanied by the departure of second-in-command Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who subsequently co-founded the Republicans for Bulgaria party.