Action Party (Latvia)

Action Party

Rīcības partija
Action Party Rīcības partija
Abbreviation	RP, ERP
Leader	Ruslans Pankaratovs
Founder	Normunds Grostiņš
Founded	5 August 1998; 26 years ago (Be a Human); 26 March 2004; 20 years ago (Eurosceptics); 13 November 2008; 15 years ago (Action Party); 6 October 2016; 8 years ago (Eurosceptic Action Party); 9 February 2018; 6 years ago (Action Party)
Headquarters	Riga, Dzelzavas iela 19 k-3-17, LV-1084
Ideology	Hard euroscepticism; Right-wing populism
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	European Alliance for Freedom
Colours	Black; Blue
Saeima	0 / 100
European Parliament	0 / 8
Website
	ricibaspartija.lv
	Politics of Latvia; Political parties; Elections;

The Action Party (Latvian: Rīcības partija), in 2004-2008 and 2016-2018 Eurosceptic Action Party (Latvian: Eiroskeptiķu Rīcības partija) is a political organization in Latvia. It was founded under the name "Eurosceptics" before the 2003 referendum on Latvia's accession to the European Union, merging the party "Be a Human" (founded in 1998)^[2] and the public organization "Movement for Independence".^[3] The most prominent representatives of the organization were Normunds Grostiņš (former chairman of the board), artist Juris Dimiters, publicist Jānis Kučinskis and Viktors Dinēvičs.

Initially, the party has cooperated with the populist political association "Dzimtene" and the far-left Socialist Party of Latvia, since 2011 it has been operating in the right-wing euro-critical party "European Alliance for Freedom"^[4] together with the Austrian Freedom Party and the French National Front.

History

In the 2004 European elections, the party won 0.95% of the vote. In the 2005 Riga City Council elections, "Eurosceptics", remaining organisationally independent, participated in the joint list of "Dzimtene" and LSP, without obtaining any mandate. The consolidated list won 11.5% of the vote. In the Saeima elections of 2006, the party received 0.37% of the vote.

In 2008, the party was renamed the Action Party. In the 2009 European Parliament election in Latvia, the party won 0.43% of the vote (3,415 valid ballot papers), but in the 2013 Riga City Council elections - 0.24% of the vote.

Participated in the 2017 municipal elections under the name "Eurosceptic Action Party", in 2020 again as the Action Party.

References

^ https://company.lursoft.lv/ru/ricibas-partija/40008045333 Rīcības partija
^ https://www.facebook.com/RicibasPartija/ Rīcības Partija}} ^{[user-generated source]}
^ Mednis I. Partiju laiki Latvijā (1988-2002). — R.: Drukātava, 2007. ISBN 978-9984-798-20-2 — 438. lpp.
^ "Gereserveerd". Archived from the original on 2018-03-15.

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[1] ttps://company.lursoft.lv/ru/ricibas-partija/40008045333 Rīcības partija

[2] ttps://www.facebook.com/RicibasPartija/ Rīcības Partija}} ^{[user-generated source]}

[3] Mednis I. Partiju laiki Latvijā (1988-2002). — R.: Drukātava, 2007. ISBN 978-9984-798-20-2 — 438. lpp.

[4] "Gereserveerd". Archived from the original on 2018-03-15.

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