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Civic Union
Pilsoniskā savienība
Leader Girts Valdis Kristovskis Founded 26 April 2008 Dissolved 6 August 2011 Merged into Unity Headquarters Arsenāla iela 3-2, Riga Ideology Conservatism,
Liberal conservatismPolitical position Centre-right International affiliation None European affiliation European People's Party[1] European Parliament Group European People's Party Official colours Latvian red Saeima 15 / 100European Parliament 2 / 8Website http://pilsoniska-savieniba.lv/ Politics of Latvia
Political parties
ElectionsThe Civic Union (Latvian: Pilsoniskā savienība, PS) was a Latvian political party. It was founded in 2008 and most of its members came from the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and New Era Party. It has been described as centre-right or right-wing.[2][3]
It is currently part of the coalition government led by Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis.[3] The Civic Union controls the Latvia Ministry of Defence under the Minister Imants Viesturs Lieģis. The current party leader is Sandra Kalniete, a former European Commissioner.
In the European Parliament election, 2009 the Civic Union won over 24% of the vote in Latvia and gained two Members of the European Parliament.[4]
On 6 August 2011, it merged with two other parties to form the new political party Unity.[5]
References
- ^ EPP/Member parties
- ^ "As it happened: Euro elections 09". BBC. 2009-06-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8085850.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b "Country profile: Latvia". BBC. 2009-03-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1106666.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ European election results 2009 for Latvia
- ^ http://www.apollo.lv/portal/news/articles/246138
External links
Political parties in Latvia 
Saeima
(100 seats):Harmony Centre (Social Democratic Party "Harmony" – Socialist Party of Latvia) 31 seats • Unity 20 seats • Zatlers' Reform Party 16 seats • National Alliance 14 seats • Union of Greens and Farmers (Latvian Farmers' Union – Latvian Green Party) 13 seatsEuropean Parliament
(9 seats out of 751):Unity (EPP 3) • Harmony Centre (S&D 1 – GUE/NGL 1) • For Human Rights in United Latvia (Greens-EFA 1) • Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (ALDE 1) • National Alliance (ECR 1)Other parties Portal:Politics – List of political parties – Politics of Latvia Categories:- Political parties in Latvia
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