Movement For! ( lv, Kustība Par!) is a

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political party in Latvia.Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!
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on the political spectrum. The party was formed in August 2017, and it is one of the members of the

Development/For! Development/For! ( Latvian: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' AP!) is a liberal political alliance in Latvia. It was formed in 2018 and it is made up of Movement For!, For Latvia's Development and Izaugsme. The coalition itself has embraced a centrist pos ...

alliance.

History

Movement For! did not participate in Latvian parliamentary election in 2014, but received representation in the Saeima when

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, Ints Dālderis, Andrejs Judins and Aleksejs Loskutovs defected from

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in July 2017, with Čigāne suggesting the Latvian political spectrum needed a centrist, pro-European party. In February 2018, Saeima members Judins and Loskutovs left the "Movement For". Dālderis and Čigāne retired from the party in April 2018, depriving it of its remaining members of parliament. In June 2018, member of European Parliament

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(former foreign minister and minister of defense of Latvia) defected from Unity to the Movement For, thereby representing the new party in the European Parliament. He continues to sit with the centre-right

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. Pabriks has also announced to run for the 2018 parliamentary election on the joint list of Latvian Development and Movement For. He was the prime ministerial candidate of

in the 2018 parliamentary election.

Latvian parliamentary election, 2018

In March 2018, Movement For! formed the Development/For!

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with two small liberal and pro-European parties, Latvian Development ''(Latvijas attīstībai)'' and

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''(Izaugsme)'', to run in the Latvian parliamentary election in October of the same year together. The alliance was fully registered on 20 April 2018. The alliance came in 4th in the election and joined the Kariņš cabinet. The party was accepted as a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in October 2019.

2021 Latvian municipal elections

In November 2020 "Movement For!" announced that in the 2021 Latvian municipal elections, will start with own lists, its identity and program, but there is possibility that in some of the municipalities "Movement For!" will start with a joint list with the parties Latvian Development and

. Currently, "Movement For!" has 13 territorial divisions - Ādaži, Cēsis, Jelgava, Jūrmala, Kuldīga, Liepāja, Mārupe, Ogre, Ropaži, Rīga, Tukums, Valmiera and United Kingdom.

Ideology and policies

Party manifesto

The party's manifesto emphasizes the need for a unity of society, accessible public health care for everyone, rule of law standing over power and fair trial standing over corruption. The manifesto also calls for a reorganization of the powers to counties and cities, state aid for globally sustainable businesses, and addressing the issue of non-citizens in Latvia. Regarding public safety and foreign policy Movement For! seeks for a close cooperation between Latvia and

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as well as

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Organisation

Leadership

The party's leader from 2017 till now is

Daniels Pavļuts Daniels Pavļuts (born 14 May 1976 in Jūrmala, Latvia) is a Latvian politician and the current Minister for Health of Latvia since January, 2021. He was formerly the Minister for Economics of Latvia, a position he served in from 2011 until 2014 ...

, currently Minister of Health and former

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in the

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. From 2017 to 2019 there were a 8 board members: former politician Ilze Viņķele, MP of the Saeima Ints Dālderis, political analyst Marija Golubeva,

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Evita Goša, economist Kaspars Briškens, Ventspils State Gymnasium No.1 deputy director Oskars Kaulēns, entrepreneur Mārtiņš Staķis and

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official Andulis Židkovs. In June 2019 new, bigger board with 11 members was elected: Ilze Viņķele, MP of the Saeima and leader of the

fraction Marija Golubeva, Chairman of the Riga City Council Mārtiņš Staķis, MP of the Saeima Vita Anda Tērauda, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Dace Bluķe, MP of the Saeima Mārtiņš Šteins, Head of the Office of the Ministry of Health Vladislava Šķēle, entrepreneur Normunds Mihailovs, DevOp Edgars Jēkabsons and entrepreneur Jevgenijs Lurje.

Election results

Legislative elections

European Parliament elections

References

External links

Official website
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