Politics
There is no reason to believe that the results of the European Parliament (EP) elections will immediately affect the composition of the coalition and, consequently, the government in Latvia, said Lelde Metla-Rozentāle, lecturer at Riga Stradiņš University and political scientist, in an interview on Latvian Television May 24.
On Thursday, May 23, the Saeima referred to the committees a proposal by opposition MPs to determine by law that pre-election debates are held only in the official language – Latvian. The draft law still needs to be considered in three readings.
The State Security Service (VDD) has launched an investigation into statements made on social networks by European Parliament candidate Olga Čerņavska (Alliance of Young Latvians).
Sigita Roķe, Editor-in-Chief of Latvian Television (LTV), in consultation with the LTV Editorial Board, has decided to cancel the planned European Parliament (EP) pre-election debate in Russian on the public media portal Rus.LSM.lv.
Since the beginning of the pre-election campaign period on February 10 to May 21, the parties and their associations running in the European Parliament elections have spent a total of EUR 1.886 million, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) said Wednesday, May 22.