National Alliance

National Alliance Nacionālā Apvienība
Co-chairmen	Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars
Founded	2010 (2010) (alliance) 23 July 2011 (2011-07-23) (party)
Merger of	All For Latvia! and TB/LNNK
Headquarters	Riga
Ideology	Conservatism Latvian nationalism Economic liberalism[1]
Political position	Right-wing[2][3][4]
European affiliation	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (TB/LNNK)
European Parliament Group	European Conservatives and Reformists (TB/LNNK)
Official colours	Maroon and gold
Saeima	14 / 100
European Parliament	1 / 9
Website
www.visulatvijaidodu.lv
Politics of Latvia Political parties Elections

The National Alliance, officially the National Alliance "All For Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" (Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” – „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”), abbreviated to NA, is a right-wing political party in Latvia. With fourteen seats in the Saeima, the National Alliance is the fourth-largest party in the legislature. The party is a coalition of conservatives, Latvian ethnonationalists, and economic liberals.^[1][5]

Formed as an electoral alliance for the 2010 election, the National Alliance brought together For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and All for Latvia!. It won eight seats, placing it fourth amongst all parties. It formed into a formalised political party in July 2011 under the leadership of Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars. In the September 2011 election, it increased its seats to fourteen, and it entered a centre-right coalition, along with Zatlers' Reform Party and Unity, under Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.^[6]

History

It was founded as an electoral alliance in 2010 by national-conservative For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and far right All For Latvia! after the two parties were refused entry into the Unity alliance.^[7][8] The loose alliance was transformed into a unitary party on 23 July 2011.^[9] In the 2010 election to the Saeima, the alliance won 8 seats.^[2] As part of the outgoing government it was involved in negotiations after the election to renew the coalition, but was vetoed by the Society for Other Politics,^[2] which had not been part of the government but had joined the Unity alliance.

In May 2011, the party supported the re-election of Valdis Zatlers as President of Latvia in the 2011 election.^[10] The alliance became a single united party on 23 July 2011. At the 2011 parliamentary election, the National Alliance won fourteen seats – an increase of six on the previous year – making it the fourth-largest party. After extensive negotiations, it joined a centre-right government with Unity and Zatlers' Reform Party, with the party's Gaidis Bērziņš as Minister for Justice and Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende as Minister for Culture.

Election results

Election	Votes	Vote %	Seats	Place
2010	74,028	7.7	8	4th
2011	127,208	13.9	14	4th

See also

Conservatism portal

References

External links

• (Latvian) National Alliance official website

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