Civic Union (Latvia)
| Civic Union Pilsoniskā savienība |
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| Leader | Girts Valdis Kristovskis |
| Founded | 26 April 2008 |
| Dissolved | 6 August 2011 |
| Merged into | Unity |
| Headquarters | Arsenāla iela 3-2, Riga |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | European People's Party[1] |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Latvian red |
| Saeima |
15 / 100
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| European Parliament |
2 / 8
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| http://pilsoniska-savieniba.lv/ | |
The 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. 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 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 [edit]
- ^ EPP/Member parties
- ^ "As it happened: Euro elections 09". BBC. 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b "Country profile: Latvia". BBC. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ European election results 2009 for Latvia
- ^ http://www.apollo.lv/portal/news/articles/246138
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