Investments: Posts and News mentioning Apvienotais saraksts
Political posts and news in Investments that mention Apvienotais saraksts, from monitored Latvian public sources.
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Edvards Smiltēns (@EdvardsSmiltens)
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Tieslietu ministrs
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Registered unemployment in Vidzeme is lower than the Latvian average: 4.1% versus 4.6%. People are working. However, last year the average gross wage in Vidzeme was €365 per month lower than in the country as a whole. That is why our goal is more well-paid jobs in the regions.
For the UNITED LIST, the priorities are clear: security and the economy. A secure state gives entrepreneurs confidence to invest. Orderly state finances allow investment in development. Our task is to ensure that investment and better-paid jobs also reach Vidzeme and other Latvian regions.
A person should not have to leave their municipality to receive decent pay for their work. 💶
Video: LTV Vidzeme leaders' debate “Choose the Future!” (24.09.)
One of the largest taxpayers in Latgale and specifically in Daugavpils is 'Latvijas maiznieks'. On a Latvian scale, every third 'loaf' comes from Daugavpils. And right now they are investing another 15 million in expanding the plant. Every plant is a valuable contribution to the Latvian economy! However, there we almost had to rewrite Elksniņš's state finances. At minus 20 degrees you would sign more than that. That was the option he mentioned...😅
Māris Sprindžuks (AS): “To place a [temporary] bridge in a location where there is no corridor opposite – whether we put it by the Great Kristaps or opposite Muitas Street – that is not a place that can absorb traffic. If we get a throughput of 1500–600 cars per hour, that is not a benefit. Therefore it is much smarter to invest this money into lasting solutions, rather than load 20 million afterwards somewhere to be stored and look for application for things that are not even needed on such a scale by 'Latvian State Roads'.” #ŠodienasJautājums
Viesturs Kleinbergs (“Progresīvie”): “A temporary bridge is the best solution for several reasons. First, because it will allow us to repair the Vanšu Bridge faster, reducing the potential problems at a time when in 2028 there will be not only the Song Festival, but we will also be the presiding country of the European Union in the second half of the year.” #ŠodienasJautājums
Day No. 76 in the prime minister's seat (Tuesday) – Cabinet meeting already with -1 minister 😏
I returned from Lapland, but the Cabinet of Ministers has become one minister smaller during this time.
🏛️ Cabinet meeting – getting more and more amusing.
The approach of elections can already be felt in almost every coalition partnership.
The first government meeting with -1 minister – Uzulnieks is replaced by Augulis, but since Valainis is on a business trip, Augulis actually represented as many as 3 ZZS ministries today. 😄
🌾🚂🇷🇺 grains and Latvian farmers' exports
We adopted a decision to increase the railway infrastructure fee for 🇷🇺 grain cargo. Our priority – export of Latvian farmers' products and the competitiveness of our own entrepreneurs.
📏 60 m² of land and the absurdity of bureaucracy
Today I learned about yet another bureaucratic nonsense.
The state is disposing of 60 m² of land, for which the owner is paid approximately €23, because that is the value of the land.
But to carry out this transaction:
➖️ an appraisal costs about €200–300;
➖️ land surveying – another €1000–2000;
➖️ additionally, surveyor costs come on top.
This is total nonsense.
I tasked the Minister of Justice, Mr. Smiltēns, to immediately look for a solution and remove this unnecessary bureaucracy in cases where such small plots of land are involved.
🚌 €9.8 million to intercity bus operators
We adopted a decision to pay bus operators €9.8 million in debt for intercity bus services.
This problem has been dragging on unresolved for more than the tenure of two transport ministers of the previous government.
At the same time, I tasked the Minister of Transport to bring a long-term solution already in October. Companies must know under what rules to work and how to plan their business further – they cannot live in uncertainty every year.
🎙️ LDDK/LTRK prime ministerial debates
@AlvisHermanis1 did not come to the debate.
Pity, because this was the right place to defend your ideas and position. I specifically wanted to hear:
➖️ what his plan for Latvia's economic growth is;
➖️ how to attract more investment;
➖️ how to increase Latvia's exports.
I also find interesting the publicly voiced reproaches to LDDK and @LTRK_uznemeji about labor migration.
Here, however, one should rely on facts, not loud slogans.
📊 Looking at the data on the so-called "pseudo student" problem, it is concentrated in specific universities – and @RostovskisA Turība is not among them.
Whereas @darbadeveji itself does not in any way promote illegal migration.
Also, for example, the Karavela led by @AndrisBite employs third-country workers legally and in a relatively small volume – mainly because in Latvia there simply are not people willing to do such physically demanding work.
👉 Migration must be discussed seriously.
But more importantly – based on data, facts, and the real situation, not statements.
@AndrisKulbergs What kind of investors would want to *simultaneously* invest in Latvian state forests, loss-making hospitals, and the Latvian symphony orchestra?
@AndrisVelps@Richijs13@AndrisKulbergs@Apvienotais_ Ideologically I like the party, but the economic development plan is very weak. Hopefully next time you'll get your act together in that area too, otherwise it's just like NA V2.
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Ministru prezidents
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Regarding the governance of state-owned companies... it must be fundamentally changed in the next government. All state-owned companies must be placed under the Latvian Development Fund, where there would be professional management and the earned money would be reinvested and earn, rather than be consumed in maintaining the state apparatus. Investments would earn with interest. The shares of this LV Development Fund would be listed on the stock exchange and would obtain the necessary capital for energy projects, regional construction, strengthening the border, infrastructure projects such as roads and railways, etc.
DO POLITICIANS KEEP PROMISES?
On April 1 of this year, a pre-election discussion organized by the financial technology sectors took place, in which several coalition politicians called the increase of the capital gains tax rate to 25.5% an urgent error to fix, which strongly hampers investments and 🇱🇻 capital market growth.
@Apvienotais_ (@AivaViksna), @VL_TBLNNK (G.Eglītis), @Jauna_Vienotiba (J.Patmalnieks), @LatvijaPirmaja (K.Krištopans) promised to reduce this rate to 15% or “abolish it altogether” (see from 57 minutes 41 seconds).
Politicians can fulfill their promises in 2 ways:
1) There are at least two openings of the Personal Income Tax (PIT) in the Saeima, and an amendment before the second reading is very easy to make.
2) Put a reduction of the capital gains tax to 15% (or lower) into the 2027 budget package and vote on it by the end of the year.
Interestingly, even the “co-author” of this tax increase, @aseradens, has admitted in several public discussions (e.g., the September 2025 “Virziens” and the recent pre-election debate at Start-up House) that increasing the rate to 25.5% was a mistake that should be corrected.
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