Pro-Europe Latvian PM Wins Poll Dominated by Russia
- The United List, led by Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, led Latvia’s parliamentary election with 35.44% of the vote after about 93% of votes were counted.
- Latvia First received 13.22%, while Sovereign Power/Alliance of Young Latvians received 11.73%, according to the Central Election Commission.
- The Union of Greens and Farmers received 4.62%, below Latvia’s 5% threshold for winning parliamentary seats.
- About 807,000 people voted, and officials said final results would be confirmed by Oct. 19.
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The pro-European majority arrived on Saturday October 3rd at the head of the vote in the Baltic state faced with a sharp demographic decline. This victory is seen as a strong signal to support Ukraine in a country where the security issue and the Russian threat crystallized the debates.
The party lists Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs as a united party with a historic score of 35.3% of the vote. But the party will have to deal with the rise of Lettonia first and Sovereign Power to form a coalitionLatvia keeps the course to the west at the end of Saturday's legislative elections, comfortably won by the party United list of outgoing Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, pro-European and pro-Ukrainian. As a leader in the private sector re…
Pro-Europe Latvian PM wins poll dominated by Russia, social worries
Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centre-right party emerged as the victor on Sunday from Latvia's parliamentary election, and he will now set about forming a coalition to maintain his pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course.
Despite an upsurge by the populists and sovereignists, Latvia keeps heading west at the end of Saturday's legislative elections, comfortably won by the United List party of the Prime Minister
The leader of the "United List" Andris Kulbergas managed to win over voters from almost all regions during the 15th Saeima elections...
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