Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība

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Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība
Logo of the ZZS
founding 2002
Alignment Agricultural policy , green policy , liberalism
Parliament seats
10/100
( 2018 )
Website zzs.lv

Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība ( ZZS ; German  Alliance of Greens and Peasants ) is a political association of the Latvian Farmers' Union and the Latvian Green Party.

The association consists of the Latvian Farmers' Union (Latvian: Latvijas Zemnieku savienība - LZS ) and the Green Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Zaļā partija - LZP ). In addition, two local parties work with the alliance, the Liepājas partija (LP) and Latvijai un Ventspilij (LV).

With Māris Kučinskis (LP) as Prime Minister and Raimonds Vējonis (LZP) as President, the alliance held the two highest state offices in Latvia from 2016 to 2019.

Program

The alliance combines the politics of the LZS, a classic Nordic farmers' party , with the green ideology of the LZP. For example, it advocates small-scale agriculture, which is also seen as more sensible from an ecological point of view. The alliance is slightly skeptical of the EU . It does not reject Latvia's membership of the EU, but it has taken a position against the introduction of the euro in Latvia. The ZZS also rejects the easing of naturalization and local voting rights for foreigners.

International connections

While the LZP is a member of the European Green Party and the Global Greens , the LZS does not belong to any international party association. In the European Parliament, Iveta Grigule (LZS) , the only MP to date, joined the EU-critical parliamentary group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy after the 2014 election . However, she left this in October 2014 and joined the liberal ALDE group in April 2015 .

Election results

Results in the parliamentary elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2002 93,759 9.5%
12/100
1 		5.
2006 151,595 16.8%
18/100
2 		2.
2010 190.025 20.1%
22/100
3 		2.
2011 111.955 12.2%
13/100
4th 		5.
2014 176.922 19.7%
21/100
5 		3.
2018 83,675 9.9%
11/100
6th 		6th
Results in the European elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2004 24,405 4.3%
0/9
 8th.
2009 29,463 3.7%
0/8
 10.
2014 36,637 8.3%
1/8
6th 		4th
2019 25,252 5.3%
0/8
 6th
1 Farmers' Union of Latvia (nine seats), Green Party of Latvia (three seats)
2 Farmers' Union of Latvia (14 seats), Green Party of Latvia (four seats)
3Farmers' Union of Latvia (15 seats), Green Party of Latvia (four seats), For Latvia and Windau (three seats)
4th Farmers' Association of Latvia (seven seats), Green Party of Latvia (four seats), For Latvia and Windau (two seats)
5Farmers' Association of Latvia (nine seats), Green Party of Latvia (six seats), For Latvia and Windau (three seats), Libau Party (three seats)
6th Farmers' Union of Latvia (all mandates)

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