For Latvia's Development

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For Latvia's Development
Latvijas attīstībai
Abbreviation LA
Founder Einars Repše
Co-chairs
Founded 15 December 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-15)[2]
Split from Unity
Headquarters Blaumaņa iela 5a Riga
Ideology Liberalism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation Development/For!
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
European Parliament group Renew Europe
Colours      Yellow
     Pink (customary)
Saeima
0 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Riga City Council
3 / 60
Mayors
2 / 43
Website
attistibai.lv
Politics of Latvia
Political parties
Elections

For Latvia's Development (Latvian: Latvijas attīstībai, abbr. LA) is a liberal political party in Latvia.[3][4] It is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum.[4]

History

The party was founded in 2013 by the former Prime Minister of Latvia Einars Repše.[2]

Internationally the party is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, a grouping of centrist and liberal parties from across Europe, since April 2013.[5]

On 29 November 2014 Juris Pūce was elected as the new chairperson and a new political manifesto was adopted.[6]

With the adoption of the new manifesto, the party defined itself as a liberal party that "appreciates and values" individual freedom and equal treatment before the law regardless of nationality, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or physical and mental abilities.

Ahead of the 2018 parliamentary election, LA formed an alliance with Movement For! and Growth, called "Development/For!".[7] This alliance, led by Artis Pabriks, won 12% of the votes and 13 of 100 seats in the Saeima. It joined the Kariņš cabinet, taking three ministerial posts, including Juris Pūce as minister of environmental protection and regional development as well as Artis Pabriks as defence minister and deputy prime minister. Artis Pabriks and member of the European Parliament Ivars Ijabs, who had been members of the "Development/For!" alliance, but not For Latvia's Development, joined the party in October 2019.[8]

Election results

Legislative elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2014 Einars Repše 8,156 0.90 New
0 / 100
New 9th Extra-parliamentary
2018[lower-alpha 1] Juris Pūce 101,685 12.12 Increase 11.22
6 / 100
Increase 6 Increase 4th Coalition
2022[lower-alpha 1] Artis Pabriks 45,452 4.97 Decrease 7.15
0 / 100
Decrease 0 Decrease 8th Extra-parliamentary
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Run as part of the Development/For! coalition (Movement For!, LA and Izaugsme)

European Parliament elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank EP Group
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2014 Andrejs Žagars 9,421 2.14 New
0 / 8
New 8th ALDE
2019 Ivars Ijabs 58,763 12.49
(AP![lower-alpha 1])		 Increase 10.35
1 / 8
Increase 1 Increase 4th Renew Europe
  1. ↑ Development/For! list won 1 seats - 1 went to LA

Riga City Council

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
20172 34,176 13.66 (#2)
9 / 60
New in opposition

2 In an electoral alliance with Latvian Association of Regions.

Cohabitation Law initiative

On 23 March 2015 party leader Juris Pūce launched a signature collection campaign on ManaBalss.lv for the adoption of a Cohabitation Law in Latvia[9] that received more than 10,000 signatures, but was rejected by the Saeima on 15 March 2018.[10]

Symbols and logos

  • Latvijas attīstībai.jpg

    2013–2016

  • Latvijas attīstībai logotips 2019.png

    2019–2021

References

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External links

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