Development/For! ( Latvian: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' AP!) is a liberal

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. It was formed in 2018 and it is made up of

Movement For! Movement For! ( lv, Kustība Par!) is a liberal political party in Latvia.

For Latvia's Development For Latvia's Development ( lv, Latvijas attīstībai, abbr. LA) is a liberal political party in Latvia. It is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum. History The party was founded in 2013 by the former Prime Minister of La ...

and

Izaugsme Growth () is a centrist political party in Latvia. It was founded on March 27, 2013 by cardiologist Andris Skride who is a member of the Development/For! alliance. It is governed by a board of five members – Artūrs Ancāns, Artūrs Čačka, ...

. The coalition itself has embraced a centrist position, and it expresses socially liberal,Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!
tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018. and classical liberal views. It is orientated towards pro-Europeanism, and it states "a modern and just Latvia within a united Europe" as its main goal. The two main components of the alliance, For Latvia's Development and Movement For!, are both member parties of the

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. The alliance is led by its two co-chairmen,

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, member of

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and the leader of Movement For! and

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, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the leader of Latvian Development. In the 2018 parliamentary election it placed fourth by winning 13 seats in Saeima. In the

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, the alliance received one of the eight seats allocated to Latvia, with the frontrunner of the list, political scientist

Ivars Ijabs Ivars Ijabs (born 17 November 1972) is a Latvian political scientist and politician. He is a lecturer and professor at the University of Latvia and holds a PhD in political science. In May 2019, representing political alliance Development/For!, he ...

being elected. Ijabs was at that time not a member of any of the parties making up the alliance, although he announced that he would represent the European

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. Ijabs as well as deputy prime minister and defence minister Artis Pabriks joined For Latvia's Development in October 2019. In the 2020 Riga City Council snap election, the alliance ran on a common list with the social-democratic party

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, which won the election with 26 percent of the vote and received 18 seats, seven of which were won by AP! candidates from all parties except Growth.

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European Parliament

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