Latvian Farmers' Union

Latvian Farmers' Union
Latvijas Zemnieku savienība
AbbreviationLZS
LeaderViktors Valainis
Founder
Founded12 December 1917; 106 years ago (1917-12-12) (original foundation)
5 July 1990; 34 years ago (1990-07-05) (re-established)
Banned16 May 1934; 90 years ago (1934-05-16)
HeadquartersLielirbes iela 17a-29, Riga
Membership (2017)1,464[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre
National affiliationUnion of Greens and Farmers
European Parliament groupEurope of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2015–19)
Colours
  •   Green
  •   Yellow
  •   Light green
Saeima
11 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 8
Mayors
7 / 43
Website
lzs.lv

The Latvian Farmers' Union (Latvian: Latvijas Zemnieku savienība,[2] LZS) is an agrarian political party in Latvia.[3][4][5]

Initially formed in 1917 during the period of Latvian War of Independence, it was banned in 1934.[6] It was re-established in 1990. It is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum[3] and it has expressed conservative[7][8] and nationalistic rhetoric.[9] Since 2002, the party has been a part of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS), together with the Latvian Green Party.[10] It was formerly a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[11]

  1. ^ "Latvijā partijās daudzkārt mazāk biedru nekā Lietuvā un Igaunijā. Kāpēc tā?" (in Latvian). LSM.lv. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Latvijas Zemnieku savienības programma (Programme of the Latvian Farmers' Union)". lzs.lv (in Latvian). 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  4. ^ Social democracy & state foundation (PDF). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Riga Office. 2018. ISBN 978-9934-8794-8-7. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Ščerbinskis, Valters (June 2005). "The Latvian student corps and politics in the inter-war period of the twentieth century". Journal of Baltic Studies. 36 (2): 157–177. doi:10.1080/01629770500000021. ISSN 0162-9778. S2CID 144876082.
  6. ^ "Vēsture". Latvijas Zemnieku savienības.
  7. ^ "New Eastern Europe: All quite on the Baltic front?" (PDF). New Eastern Europe. January 2015.
  8. ^ "The centenary of Latvia's foreign affairs: Ideas and personalities". National Information Agency LETA. 2016.
  9. ^ David J. Galbreath; Daunis Auers (2010). "Green, Black and Brown: Uncovering Latvia's Environmental Politics". In David J. Galbreath (ed.). Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States: From Phosphate Springs to 'Nordstream'. Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-96590-9.
  10. ^ Miranda Schreurs; Elim Papadakis, eds. (2019). Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-5381-1960-0.
  11. ^ "Liberals and Democrats adopt Latvia's stray MEP". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.