Latvian Political Monitor

Kulbergs outlines priorities for next government: reduction in number of ministries and economic growth 0 136

Updated - Kulbergs wants to reduce the number of ministries and achieve Latvia's economic breakthrough

Yes, that is one of the points of the plan.

“The absolute Trump of one politician” – harsh post-election reflections by Streips about Šlesers and Kulbergs’ choice.

There is no drama here. I have a good relationship with Česlavs, we have discussed education a lot. Mostly on the same wavelength. At the time he was also an excellent principal at the school where the children go, all due respect. What I saw in the budget expenditure review group is a separate topic. The control of how funding is used is below any criticism. And when all ministries buckled down and brought savings, when defense spending needed to be raised to 5%, the Ministry of Education and Science put its feet up on the table and got a free pass. That is not good, not good at all.

Political scientist names three parties most likely to form the new coalition

There is no clarity about the first talks on forming the new coalition.

To hold a referendum, partially repeal or freeze: the Istanbul Convention will not lack attention in the 15th Saeima

@ar_mazo_r @guntarsv @Kuskis exactly. The easiest is to cut where the opposition is the weakest.

Approximately one quarter of those elected to parliament are municipal council deputies; the biggest changes are in Riga.

Following its victory in the elections, AS will receive significantly larger funding from the state budget.

@ar_mazo_r @guntarsv @Kuskis those are kopecks

@ar_mazo_r @guntarsv @Kuskis Already closer to the bloody truth What is at stake? 🩸whether to separate entertainment from culture 🩸school network 🩸hospital network 🩸healthcare basket & mandatory health insurance 🩸how to align EU directives with the principle of less state 🩸children — universal vs support only for the poor

“Some angry women voted for him!” The people have an opinion about the election results

AS will receive maximum state funding from the state budget, other parties - under one million euros per year (1)

Following the elections, the United List will receive about €1.3 million in state funding per year, while the other parties will receive less than a million.

Excellent. With all the crap that will soon have to be spooned, cut, reduced, eliminated – the ever sun-basked Kulberg will either have to take it all on himself, fight with NA over transit, cargo and migration (and God forbid catch JV saboteurs) and experience the classic “from love to hate is one step”, or include LPV along with NA. AS+NA is not a four-year government; there will be a lid on the economy, the public sector, the budget, etc., not to mention RailB and Article 13B of the climate law. He may not have understood that AS’s result comes not from his charm, but purely from the hatred of what JV has done, about which he is “shocked” every day in his videos, having experienced JV sabotage about 3 times a day in 4 months. And how could I have lost by not even running at all is unclear.

After the elections, the "United List" is entitled to maximum state funding.

With its election victory, AS will receive significantly larger funding from the state budget https://t.co/tTv6VFNZ5X