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

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Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. Its members are Unity, the

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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 bei ...

s the Unity 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 '' Jēkabpils Regional Party'' in June. The

, 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 Latvian Association of Regions, 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 Progressives, 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 New Conservative Party and KPV LV to form a government by early January 2019 urged the

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, Raimonds Vējonis, to offer the opportunity to JV's candidate, former

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. The Kariņš cabinet, consisting of JV, the New Conservatives, KPV LV, Development/For!, the National Alliance was approved by the

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on 23 January 2019. Alongside the

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, the alliance controls two ministries: the

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and the

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Members

Election results

Legislative elections

European Parliament elections

References