The New Unity ( lv, Jaunā Vienotība, JV) is a

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political alliance in Latvia. Its members are

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, the Latgale Party and four other regional parties, and it is orientated towards liberal-conservatism and

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History

Before the

2018 Latvian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 October 2018. Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Who owns the state?, the New Conservative Party, Development/For!, the National Alliance and New Unity. Despite being ...

s the

party formed the New Unity party alliance (the party itself is still registered as Unity) in April 2018 together with the regional ''For

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Municipality'', ''For

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and

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'' and parties, joined by the ''

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Regional Party'' in June. The Latgale Party, a previous partner of Unity that had run on its list in the past, initially was uncertain whether to join the alliance, since a faction of the party supported a partnership with the

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, ended up ultimately signing a cooperation agreement in July. An offer to join the list was also extended to the liberal Movement For! and the centre-left

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, but both parties eventually declined. While the JV list performed poorly at the 2018 elections, surpassing the 5% threshold by only 1.7% and becoming the smallest party in the newly elected parliament, the subsequent failure of the candidates for PM from the

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and KPV LV to form a government by early January 2019 urged the President of Latvia,

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, to offer the opportunity to JV's candidate, former MEP

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. The Kariņš cabinet, consisting of JV, the New Conservatives, KPV LV,

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 ...

, the National Alliance was approved by the Saeima on 23 January 2019. Alongside the Prime Minister's office, the alliance controls two ministries: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the

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Members

Election results

Legislative elections

European Parliament elections

References