The Progressives (Latvia)
The Progressives Progresīvie | |
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| Chairperson | Roberts Putnis |
| Founded | February 25, 2017 |
| Headquarters | Ernesta Birznieka-Upīša iela 20, Riga |
| Membership (2018/11) | 608[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Green politics Pro-Europeanism Pro-LGBT Feminism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Colors | Red Green (Used in context of Green politics) |
| Saeima | 0 / 100
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| European Parliament | 0 / 8
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| Website | |
| www.progresivie.lv | |
The Progressives (Latvian: Progresīvie, Latvian: ['pɾɔgɾesiːviɛ]) is a social democratic political party in Latvia.[2][3][4] The party was founded on February 25, 2017. Since February 24, 2018, its chairman has been Roberts Putnis. The Progressives currently do not hold any seats in the Saeima or in the European Parliament.
The Progressives have stated that one of their main goals is implementing the Nordic welfare model in Latvia (the party's political programme is even called "Turning towards the Nordic countries").[5] Principles of the party include implementation of a progressive tax system, responsibility towards the environment, fight against corruption and shadow economy, active state role in the economy, dropping GDP as the main measure of development (in favor of others which take the well-being of society into account such as the Happiness index), gender and LGBT equality.[6]
The Progressives participated in 2017 Latvian municipal elections in four municipalities. In two of them, Aizpute and Mārupe Municipality, they won seats in the local councils.
The Progressives participated in 2018 Latvian parliamentary election. Prior to election, they declined to join an alliance with the center to right-wing liberal parties, which was later created without the Progressives as Development/For!.[7] They argued that staying out of the alliance was necessary to ensure that the party's left-wing policies and high standard for political donations are not compromised. Progressives had a unique gender parity principle on their ballots, with all election list leaders being women.[8] They got 2,61% of the vote and no seats in Saeima. Reaching two percent of the vote means they got state funding of 15,000 euros a year.[9]
References
- ^ "Roberts Putnis's tweet". Roberts Putnis, Twitter. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ DELFI (2017-03-30). "'Progresīvie': Truksnim un ZZS laiks pazust no Jūrmalas domes". DELFI (in Latvian). Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Nodibināta sociāldemokrātiska politiskā partija "Progresīvie"" (in Latvian). Ir. 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "13th Saeima elections: The parties (Part 2)". eng.lsm.lv. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Vēsture" (in Latvian). Progresīvie. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Principles" (PDF) (in Latvian). Progresīvie. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Partija 'Progresīvie' atsakās no sadarbības sarunām ar 'Latvijas Attīstībai'" (in Latvian). DELFI. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Latvian political party Progresīvie to nominate women as candidate list leaders". BNN. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Valsts nauda tiks trim ārpus Saeimas partijām" (in Latvian). LSM. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
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