Development/For!

Development/For! (Latvian: Attīstībai/Par!, AP!) is a liberal political alliance in Latvia.[2][3] It was formed in 2018 and it is made up of Movement For!, For Latvia's Development and Izaugsme.[4]

Development/For!
Attīstībai/Par!
AbbreviationAP!
Chairman
Founded20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)
HeadquartersTorņa iela 4, III-C 101, Riga
Ideology
Political positionCentre
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Members
Colours  Yellow
Saeima
13 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Riga City Council
7 / 60
Mayors
4 / 43
Website
attistibaipar.lv

The coalition itself has embraced a centrist position,[3][5] and it expresses socially liberal,[6][7][8] and classical liberal views.[9] It is orientated towards pro-Europeanism, and it states "a modern and just Latvia within a united Europe" as its main goal.[10] 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 2018 parliamentary election it placed fourth by winning 13 seats in Saeima.[11] 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.[12] 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

Saeima
Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2018 Artis Pabriks 101,685 12.12 (No. 4)
13 / 100
 Coalition

European Parliament
Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/–
2019 Ivars Ijabs 58,763 12.49 (No. 4)
1 / 8

References
  1. "Party board nominates Ivars Ijabs as acting chair of 'Latvijas attīstībai'". Development/For!. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. "Harmony still leads in Euro election polls despite taint of scandal". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. "Nodibināta apvienība "Attīstībai/Par!", priekšvēlēšanu kampaņas starts 26.aprīlī". Attīstībai Par. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. "Ambitious contenders from Croatia's Left: Možemo wins Zagreb". openDemocracy. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. "New political party The Movement For! established in Latvia". The Baltic Times. 30 August 2017.
  7. Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!. tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018.
  8. 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.
  9. "Parliamentary elections in Latvia: the fragmentation of the political scene". Centre for Eastern Studies. 10 October 2018.
  10. "Development/For! party platform" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  11. "13. SAEIMAS VĒLĒŠANAS". sv2018.cvk.lv. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  12. "MEPs react to election results". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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