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词条 Latvian Way
释义

  1. History

  2. Electoral results

  3. See also

  4. External links

  5. References

{{Infobox political party
|country = Latvia
|name = Latvian Way
|native_name = Latvijas Ceļš
|colorcode = gold
|logo = Latvian_Way_logo.png
|logo_size = 200px
|leader = Ivars Godmanis
|foundation = 25 September 1993
|dissolved = 25 August 2007
|merged = LPP/LC
|ideology = Conservative liberalism
|position = Centre-right
|headquarters = Riga
|international = Liberal International
|european = European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
|europarl = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–07)
|colours = Gold, Red, Black
|website = http://www.lpplc.lv/
}}

Latvian Way ({{lang-lv|Latvijas Ceļš}}) was a conservative-liberal[1] political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (LPP/LC) in 2007.

It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives". Latvian Way was a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

History

Latvian Way was founded on 25 September 1993, by a group of former activists of Popular Front of Latvia and Latvian exiles who had returned to Latvia after it regained independence. In its first election in 1993, Latvian Way won 32.4% of popular vote and became the leading party in a coalition government. Later, its popularity declined, with 14.6% of votes in 1995 election and 18.0% in 1998. Despite that, Latvian Way remained a powerful force in Latvian politics and was part of every coalition government in Latvia from July 1993 to November 2002. Four Latvian Way members were Prime Ministers: Valdis Birkavs (from 1993 to 1994), Māris Gailis (from 1994 to 1995), Vilis Krištopans (from 1998 to 1999) and Andris Bērziņš (from 2000 to 2002). A fifth former Prime Minister, Ivars Godmanis, joined the Latvian Way party after his term as Prime Minister ended.

In the 2002 general election, it got 4.9% of the vote, just under the 5% needed to secure representation in parliament. After this loss, several politicians left Latvian Way for other parties. Latvian Way regained some ground in the European Parliament Election in June 2004 with 6.5% of vote but it is still facing an uncertain future and the difficult task of regaining voters' trust. For the 2006 election, Latvian Way formed an electoral coalition with the Latvia's First Party. They won 10 seats in the election, allowing Latvian Way to join the coalition government. Party chairman Ivars Godmanis became Minister of the Interior in November 2006, and then Prime Minister in December 2007. He resigned after protests paralysed the Latvian capital, Riga, due to the global economic crisis. On 20 February 2009, Godmanis resigned as Prime Minister along with the rest of his government amid concerns about handling the economic crisis.[2]

Electoral results

ElectionVotesSeatsPositionGovernment
# % ± # ±
1993 362,473 32.4 {{increase}}32.436|100|hex=gold}} {{increase}}36 {{increase}} 1stIn government}}
1995 139,929 14.7 {{decrease}}17.717|100|hex=gold}} {{decrease}}19 {{decrease}} 3rdIn government}}
1998 173,420 18.1 {{increase}}3.421|100|hex=gold}} {{increase}}4 {{increase}} 2rdIn government}}
2002 48,430 4.9 {{decrease}}13.20|100|hex=gold}} {{decrease}}21 {{decrease}} 7thIn opposition}}

See also

  • Liberalism
  • Contributions to liberal theory
  • Liberalism worldwide
  • List of liberal parties
  • Liberal democracy
  • Liberalism in Latvia

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.lpplc.lv/}}

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Hans Slomp|title=Europe, a Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1uzkNq8xfIC&pg=PA532|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39181-1|pages=532–}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7901902.stm|title=Latvian PM quits as crisis bites|date=20 February 2009|publisher=BBC|accessdate=21 February 2009}}
{{Latvian political parties}}{{interlib}}

7 : Conservative parties in Latvia|Defunct liberal political parties|Conservative liberal parties|Defunct political parties in Latvia|Liberal parties in Latvia|1993 establishments in Latvia|2007 disestablishments in Latvia

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