Civic Union (Latvia)
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The Civic Union (Latvian: Pilsoniskā savienība, PS) was a political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2008, and most of its members came from the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and New Era Party. A liberal-conservative party, it was part of the European People's Party at the European level. It has also been described as centre-right[2][3] or right-wing.[4]
The party was part of the coalition government led by Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis.[3] The Civic Union controlled the Latvia Ministry of Defence under the then-Minister Imants Viesturs Lieģis. A party leader was Sandra Kalniete, a former European Commissioner.
In the 2009 European Parliament election the Civic Union won over 24% of the vote in Latvia and gained two Members of the European Parliament.[6]
On 6 August 2011, it merged with two other parties to form the new political party Unity.[7]
References
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (1 March 2010). Britannica Book of the Year 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. pp. 429–. ISBN 978-1-61535-366-8.
- ^ a b c "Country profile: Latvia". BBC. 2009-03-17. Archived from the original on 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b "As it happened: Euro elections 09". BBC. 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ EPP/Member parties Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ European election results 2009 for Latvia Archived January 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Apollo - Ziņas: Izveidota partija «Vienotība»". Archived from the original on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
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