The Civic Union ( Latvian: ''Pilsoniskā savienība'', PS) was a political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2008, and most of its members came from the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and New Era Party. A

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party, it was part of the European People's Party at the European level. It has also been described as

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or right-wing. The party was part of the coalition government led by Prime Minister of Latvia

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. The Civic Union controlled the Latvia Ministry of Defence under the then-Minister Imants Viesturs Lieģis. A party leader was

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, a former European Commissioner. In the 2009 European Parliament election the Civic Union won over 24% of the vote in Latvia and gained two

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. On 6 August 2011, it merged with two other parties to form the new political party

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External links

Official website
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