National Alliance (Latvia)

National Alliance (Latvia)
National Alliance
Nacionālā Apvienība
Co-chairmen Gaidis Bērziņš and
Raivis Dzintars
Founded 2010 (2010) (alliance)
23 July 2011 (2011-07-23) (party)
Merger of All For Latvia! and TB/LNNK
Headquarters Riga
Ideology Conservatism
Latvian nationalism
Economic liberalism[1]
Political position Right-wing[2][3][4]
European affiliation Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (TB/LNNK)
European Parliament Group European Conservatives and Reformists (TB/LNNK)
Official colours Maroon and gold
Saeima
14 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Website
visulatvijaidodu.lv
Politics of Latvia
Political parties
Elections

The National Alliance, officially the National Alliance "All For Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" (Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” – „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”), abbreviated to NA, is a right-wing political party in Latvia. With fourteen seats in the Saeima, the National Alliance is the fourth-largest party in the legislature. The party is a coalition of conservatives, Latvian ethnonationalists, and economic liberals.[1][5]

Formed as an electoral alliance for the 2010 election, the National Alliance brought together For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and All for Latvia!. It won eight seats, placing it fourth amongst all parties. It formed into a formalised political party in July 2011 under the leadership of Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars. In the September 2011 election, it increased its seats to fourteen, and it entered a centre-right coalition, along with Zatlers' Reform Party and Unity, under Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.[6]

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History

It was founded as an electoral alliance in 2010 by national-conservative For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and far right All For Latvia! after the two parties were refused entry into the Unity alliance.[7][8] The loose alliance was transformed into a unitary party on 23 July 2011.[9] In the 2010 election to the Saeima, the alliance won 8 seats.[2] As part of the outgoing government it was involved in negotiations after the election to renew the coalition, but was vetoed by the Society for Other Politics,[2] which had not been part of the government but had joined the Unity alliance.

In May 2011, the party supported the re-election of Valdis Zatlers as President of Latvia in the 2011 election.[10] The alliance became a single united party on 23 July 2011. At the 2011 parliamentary election, the National Alliance won fourteen seats – an increase of six on the previous year – making it the fourth-largest party. After extensive negotiations, it joined a centre-right government with Unity and Zatlers' Reform Party, with the party's Gaidis Bērziņš as Minister for Justice and Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende as Minister for Culture.

Election results

Election Votes Vote % Seats Place
2010 74,028 7.7 8 4th
2011 127,208 increase 13.9 increase 14 increase 4th

References

  1. ^ a b E. L. (18 September 2011). "Snap election falls flat". The Economist. http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/09/latvias-indecisive-election. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Bogushevitch, Tatyana; Dimitrovs, Aleksejs (November 2010). "Elections in Latvia: status quo for minorities remains". Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 9 (1): 72–89. http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2010/Latvia_Elections.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Pro-Russia party wins most votes in Latvia election". BBC News. 18 September 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14962617. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Pro-Russia party led by young mayor poised to win historic Latvian election". Washington Post. 18 September 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pro-russia-party-led-by-young-mayor-poised-to-win-historic-latvian-election/2011/09/16/gIQA0Q1uWK_story.html. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "Reboot in Riga". The Economist. 24 September 2011. http://www.economist.com/node/21530161. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  6. ^ Eglitis, Aaron (11 October 2011). "Latvia’s Dombrovskis to Return as Premier After Coalition Accord". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-11/latvia-s-dombrovskis-to-return-as-premier-after-coalition-accord.html. Retrieved 5 October 2011. 
  7. ^ http://balticreports.com/?p=18512
  8. ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apollo.lv%2Fportal%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F204733&sl=lv&tl=en
  9. ^ "Latvian political parties undergo major upheaval", Baltic Times, 12 July 2011, http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/29032/, retrieved 18 July 2011 
  10. ^ "Supporters line up behind Zatlers". The Baltic Times. 18 May 2011. http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/28698/. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 

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