The Civic Union ( Latvian: ''Pilsoniskā savienība'', PS) was a political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2008, and most of its members came from the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and New Era Party. A liberal-conservative party, it was part of the

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at the European level. It has also been described as centre-right or

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. The party was part of the

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led by

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Valdis Dombrovskis. The Civic Union controlled the Latvia Ministry of Defence under the then-Minister

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. A party leader was Sandra Kalniete, a former

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. In the

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the Civic Union won over 24% of the vote in Latvia and gained two Members of the European Parliament. On 6 August 2011, it merged with two other parties to form the new political party Unity.

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External links

Official website
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