National Alliance (Latvia)

National Alliance
Nacionālā apvienība
AbbreviationNA
ChairmanRaivis Dzintars
FounderRoberts Zīle
Founded4 July 2010; 14 years ago (2010-07-04)[1] (electoral alliance)
23 July 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-23) (party)
Merger of
Headquarters3rd floor, 11 Kaļķu Street, Riga LV-1050
NewspaperNacionālā Neatkarība
Youth wingNacionālās apvienības jauniešu organizācija[2]
Membership (2017)Increase 1,094[3]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
European affiliationEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Party
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
Colours
  •   Carmine
  •   Gold
Saeima
13 / 100
European Parliament
2 / 8
Government of Latvia
0 / 14
Riga City Council
5 / 60
Mayors
5 / 43
Website
nacionalaapvieniba.lv

The National Alliance (Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība, NA), officially the National Alliance "All for Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" (Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" – "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai"/LNNK), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Latvia. A right-wing party, it has also been placed as a part of the radical right on the political spectrum.

It was formed as an electoral alliance for the 2010 Latvian parliamentary election between the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and All for Latvia! parties. It won eight seats, placing it fourth among all parties. In July 2011, it merged into a single political party under the leadership of Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars. In the 2014 Latvian parliamentary election, it again increased its seats to seventeen, and entered a centre-right coalition, along with Unity and the Union of Greens and Farmers under Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma.

It has participated in every government of Latvia from the 2011 Latvian parliamentary election until the Siliņa cabinet to prevent Harmony Centre from leading the coalition. It is also a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) and its two MEPs, Roberts Zīle and Ansis Pūpols, sit in the ECR group in the European Parliament. The party controls the town and city governments of Ogre, Bauska, Smiltene, Sigulda, and Talsi.

  1. ^ "VL/TB/LNNK dibināšanas kongresā sola stiprināt latviešu valodu". Delfi. 4 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Par mums - Jaunieši - Nacionālā apvienība VL-TB/LNNK". National Alliance. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. ^ "'Nacionālā Neatkarība', parties monthly newspaper" (PDF) (in Latvian). p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.