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 Ivan Kostov, who I personally do not mind if for the good of the coalition he decides to step down”.