For Latvia's Development

For Latvia's Development (Latvian: Latvijas attīstībai; LA) is a classical liberal political party in Latvia. The party is one of the members of the Development/For! alliance since 2018.

For Latvia's Development Latvijas attīstībai
Leader	Juris Pūce
Founded	15 December 2013[1]
Headquarters	Blaumaņa iela 5a Riga LV-1011
Ideology	Classical liberalism[2] Pro-Europeanism Cultural liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
National affiliation	Development/For!
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Colours	Pink, yellow, black, white
Saeima	4 / 100
European Parliament	1 / 8
Website
attistibai.lv
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History

The party was founded in 2013 by the former Prime Minister of Latvia Einars Repše.[1]

Internationally the party is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, a grouping of centrist and liberal parties from across Europe, since April 2013.[3]

On 29 November 2014 Juris Pūce was elected as the new chairperson and a new political manifesto was adopted.[4]

With the adoption of the new manifesto, the party defined itself as a liberal party that "appreciates and values" individual freedom and equal treatment before the law regardless of nationality, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or physical and mental abilities.

Ahead of the 2018 parliamentary election, LA formed an alliance with Movement For! and Growth, called "Development/For!". This alliance, led by Artis Pabriks, won 12% of the votes and 13 of 100 seats in the Saeima. It joined the Kariņš cabinet, taking three ministerial posts, including Juris Pūce as minister of environmental protection and regional development as well as Artis Pabriks as defence minister and deputy prime minister. Artis Pabriks and member of the European Parliament Ivars Ijabs, who had been members of the "Development/For!" alliance, but not For Latvia's Development, joined the party in October 2019.[5]

Election results

Parliament (Saeima)

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
2014	8,156	0.89	0 / 100	New
2018 ¹	101,685	12,04	13 / 100	13

¹ Result of the Development/For! alliance.

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
2014	9,421	2.12 (#8)	0 / 8	New
2019 ¹	58,763	12.25 (#5)	1 / 8	1

¹ Result of the Development/For! alliance.

Riga City Council

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Government
2017^2	34,176	13.66 (#2)	9 / 60	New	in opposition

² In an electoral alliance with Latvian Association of Regions.

Cohabitation Law initiative

On 23 March 2015 party leader Juris Pūce launched a signature collection campaign on ManaBalss.lv for the adoption of a Cohabitation Law in Latvia[6] that received more than 10,000 signatures, but was rejected by the Saeima on 15 March 2018.[7]

References

1. "For Latvia's Development becomes political party with Repse as chairman". The Baltic Course. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. "About Us". Attistibai.lv. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
3. "ALDE Party - Member Parties | ALDE Party". aldeparty.eu. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Pabriks and Ijabs join For Development of Latvia party". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 3 October 2019.
6. "Coalition sceptical about approving Cohabitation Law". Baltic News Network. LETA. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
7. "Saeima rejects public initiative calling for Cohabitation Law". The Baltic Course. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Latvian)