Development/For!

Development/For! (Latvian: Attīstībai/Par!, AP!) is a liberal[2] and social-liberal[6] pro-European political alliance in Latvia, made up of three political parties: Movement For!, For Latvia's Development and Growth. The alliance was founded on 20 April 2018,[7] and after the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election it is the fourth largest political group in the Saeima.[8]

Development/For!

Attīstībai/Par!
ChairmanDaniels Pavļuts
Ivars Ijabs (acting)[1]
FoundedApril 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
HeadquartersTorņa iela 4, III-C 101, Riga
IdeologyLiberalism[2][3]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Factions:
Social liberalism[4][5]
Classical liberalism
Political positionCentre
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Saeima
13 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Riga City Council
7 / 60
Website
https://attistibaipar.lv

Development/For! positions itself as the only major liberal force in Latvia and states that "a modern and just Latvia within a united Europe" as its main goal.[9] The two main components of the alliance, For Latvia's Development and Movement For!, are both member parties of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.

The alliance is led by its two co-chairmen: Daniels Pavļuts, member of Saeima and the leader of Movement For! and Juris Pūce, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the leader of Latvian Development.

In the 2019 European Parliament election, the alliance received one of the eight seats allocated to Latvia, with the frontrunner of the list, political scientist Ivars Ijabs 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 ALDE party.[10] 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 The Progressives, 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.

Election results

Parliament
Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall seats won +/- Position
2018 101,124 12.04 (#4)
13 / 100
 New Government

European Parliament
Election year # of

overall votes

 % of

overall vote

 # of

overall seats won

 +/–
2019 58,763 12.25 (#4)
1 / 8
 New

References
  1. "Party board nominates Ivars Ijabs as acting chair of 'Latvijas attīstībai'". Development/For!. November 16, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. "Parliamentary elections in Latvia: the fragmentation of the political scene". Centre for Eastern Studies. 10 October 2018.
  4. "New political party The Movement For! established in Latvia". The Baltic Times. 30 August 2017.
  5. Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!. tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018.
  6. Kjetil Duvold; Sten Berglund; Joakim Ekman (2020). Political Culture in the Baltic States: Between National and European Integration. Springer Nature. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-030-21844-7.
  7. "Development/For! political alliance founded".
  8. "2018 parliamentary election results".
  9. "Development/For! party platform" (PDF).
  10. "MEPs react to election results". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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