National Alliance (Latvia)
The National Alliance (officially called the National Alliance "All For Latvia!" or "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"; Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” or „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”; NA) is a political party in Latvia.
The current party was founded on 23 July 2011. The party is a merger of All For Latvia! and For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK. Their support has been rising since their creation, and in the last parliament election they received 151,567 votes and won 17 out of 100 seats in the Saeima.[1] In the 2014 European election, they received 63,229 votes and won 1 out of 8 seats.
The party is based on nationalism and conservatism.[2] They are Eurosceptic, meaning that they are against the European Union.[3] The party also wants the government to have a stricter anti-Russia stance.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Latvian Saeima approves of the new Straujuma government. 5 November 2014. http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics/?doc=98567. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Parties and Elections in Europe, "Latvia", The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck". Parties & Elections. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Elections européennes : les résultats dans chaque pays". LeMonde.fr. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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Other websites
- Official website (in English, Latvian, and Russian)