Jaunais laiks
| Jaunais laiks New Era |
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| Party leader | Valdis Dombrovskis (2009-2011) |
| founding | February 2, 2002 |
| resolution | August 6, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Riga |
| Alignment | Economic liberalism , conservatism |
| Colours) | Dark blue |
| European party | European People's Party (EPP) |
| EP Group | Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) |
Jaunais laiks ( JL, New Era ) was a liberal- conservative political party in Latvia . It was founded in 2001 by Einars Repše and in 2011 became part of the Vienotība party (English: "unity").
history
In the election campaign for the 2002 parliamentary elections, the New Era promised to fight corruption and tax evasion in particular. According to the party, the state budget of Latvia could be relieved of 400 million lats , which would open up opportunities for financing various programs and for tax cuts. The party program also included measures in health and education, u. a. State-funded university education is to be replaced, for example, by loans to students.
In the Latvian parliamentary elections on October 5, 2002 , JL became the strongest force in the Saeima . It won 23.9% of the vote and 26 out of 100 seats and formed a government coalition with the Alliance of Greens and Peasants , the Fatherland Party and Latvia's First Party, with Einars Repše as Prime Minister. In January 2004 the coalition broke and Repše had to resign.
The party was involved in the first Kalvītis government from December 2004 to April 13, 2006 with six ministers. The chairman of the parliamentary group was the former Minister of Education Kārlis Šadurskis. The party chairmanship was still held by Einars Repše.
In the European Parliament , Jaunais Laiks belonged to the European People's Party .
In the 2010 parliamentary elections, the party ran as part of the Vienotība electoral alliance. In 2011, the previous electoral alliance was constituted as a party.
Latvian parliamentary election results
- Parliamentary election 2002: 23.9%, with that 26 seats (out of 100) - the largest group in parliament
- Parliamentary election 2006: 16.4%, so 18 seats (out of 100)
- Parliamentary election 2010: 31.2%, so 33 seats as part of the Vienotība electoral alliance
Web links
- Official homepage ( Memento of January 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Elisabeth Bakke: Central and East European party systems since 1989. In: Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989. Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 80