KPV LV

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Politiskā partija "KPV LV"
KPV LV
KPV LV logo
founding May 3, 2016
Headquarters Strēlnieku iela 6-6
Riga , LV-1010
Alignment Right-wing populism , conservatism , EU skepticism
Parliament seats
10/100
Website www.kampiedervalsts.com

KPV LV ( Latvian Politiskā partija "KPV LV" ) is a right-wing populist , conservative and EU-skeptical party in Latvia . The abbreviation 'KPV' is derived from the slogan Kam pieder valsts? What with "Who owns the state?" Can be translated.

history

The party was founded on May 3, 2016 by Artuss Kaimiņš , a former actor and deputy of the Saeima from the Party of Regions of Latvia , who had been non-party since December 2015. When the party was founded, he called for a new social contract between the taxpayers and the government, through which the citizens should receive rights, while the rulers should be obliged (so far, according to Kaimiņš, the other way around). The party wants to work for more democracy and the rule of law. While the party "Who owns the state?" Was originally called KPV, it was renamed KPV LV on June 21, 2016, as another association called KPV was already registered.

Aldis Gobzems was nominated as the top candidate for the 2018 election. In the election campaign, the party presented the previous political elite as corrupt, elitist and interested in maintaining their own power. The majority of the population, on the other hand, was trapped in poverty and hopelessness. During the election campaign, Gobzems used videos published on Facebook in which he accused the authorities and the media of working together to cover up scandals. Kaimiņš often went to committee and plenary sessions with a small video camera and broadcast the footage live over the Internet. He accused established media representatives, especially those of public broadcasting, to be aloof and condescending, and threatened to want to fire them personally.

KPV LV immediately became the second strongest force in the parliamentary elections in October 2018 with 14.3% of the vote and 16 of the 100 seats in the Saeima. Since January 2019 she has been part of the coalition government under Krišjānis Kariņš . The KPV LV has three ministers in its cabinet: Ralfs Nemiro / Jānis Vitenbergs (economy), Sandis Ģirģens (inside) and Ramona Petraviča (social affairs). However, only eleven of the 16 MPs support the government, five MPs voted with the opposition. Due to the ongoing tensions in the party and parliamentary group, Aldis Gobzems was excluded from both in February 2019. In the following months, numerous other MPs were excluded from the group or left it voluntarily. Among them were also prominent party members such as the former presidential candidate Didzis Šmits or the co-founder Artuss Kaimiņš.

Political profile

KPV LV's supporters are mostly younger, Latvian-speaking men. Journalist Ivo Leitāns from the Latvian public broadcaster LSM assigns KPV LV to the “populist wave” in Europe, Turkey ( Erdoğan ) and the USA ( Donald Trump ). Flora Mory, correspondent for Standard , compared the party to the Italian five-star movement .

Election results

Results in the parliamentary elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2018 120.264 14.3%
16/100
 2.
Results in the European elections
year be right proportion of Mandates space
2019 4,362 0.9%
0/8
 10.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Henningsen, Tobias Etzold, Hanne Krister: The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide . BWV Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8305-1727-6 , pp. 341 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Today is the day of founding for Artuss Kaimins' new political party. In: LETA . Baltic News Network, May 3, 2016, accessed June 19, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Firebrand MP founds new party. In: LETA . Public Broadcasting of Latvia, May 5, 2016, accessed June 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Artuss Kaimiņš new party to be renamed. In: LETA . Baltic News Network, June 15, 2016, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Juris Kaza: Who's Who in upcoming Latvian parliamentary elections. Re: Baltica, August 14, 2018, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Our faction must find consensus on how we will work with one another - KPV LV MP Puga baltictimes.com, January 28, 2019, accessed on February 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Gobzems booted from KPV LV's Saeima faction as well lsm.lv, February 6, 2019, accessed on February 26, 2019 (English).
  8. ^ Echoes of the wave of populism: voters of Kaimiņš - young angry males. Public Broadcasting of Latvia, December 18, 2016, accessed March 5, 2017 (Latvian).
  9. ↑ Flora Mory: Latvia Election - Populists could reshuffle the cards. In: derStandard.at , October 5, 2018.