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Latvian political party


Civic Union Pilsoniskā savienība
LeaderGirts Valdis Kristovskis
Founded26 April 2008
Dissolved6 August 2011
Merged intoUnity
HeadquartersArsenāla iela 3-2, Riga
IdeologyConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (2008-2011)
ColoursMaroon, white, gold
Website
http://pilsoniska-savieniba.lv/

The Civic Union (Latvian: Pilsoniskā savienība, PS) was a political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2008, and most of its members came from the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and New Era Party. A liberal-conservative party, it was part of the European People's Party at the European level. It has also been described as centre-right or right-wing.

The party was part of the coalition government led by Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis. The Civic Union controlled the Latvia Ministry of Defence under the then-Minister Imants Viesturs Lieģis. A party leader was Sandra Kalniete, a former European Commissioner.

In the 2009 European Parliament election the Civic Union won over 24% of the vote in Latvia and gained two Members of the European Parliament.

On 6 August 2011, it merged with two other parties to form the new political party Unity.

References

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  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (1 March 2010). Britannica Book of the Year 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. pp. 429–. ISBN 978-1-61535-366-8.
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  4. ^ "As it happened: Euro elections 09". BBC. 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  5. EPP/Member parties Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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  7. "Apollo - Ziņas: Izveidota partija «Vienotība»". Archived from the original on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

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