Latvian Political Monitor

Total nonsense and drivel @JaunsLV, you do understand that, right? How can you put together the prime minister's work on weekends with search operations on the other side of the world? Colleagues, I call on you to apologize to @AndrisKulbergs for this and let's forget it. https://t.co/1cHWvaOxvD

Impressive. https://t.co/81hvgxBH7c

💯 @partijaMMN https://t.co/bLHBIhzHWt

The United List is invincible. Also glad about Latvia's Development. If it gets into the Saeima, there is hope to form a government without LPV and without PRO, which would be good.

Hmmm… This is supposedly a technical government, says Valainis, and nothing important can be decided, but the deal is still planned by the end of the year. So they hope there will be some other government, obviously without Kulbergs. Everything shows that it will be without ZZS. https://t.co/UZic8bmnnC

Tomorrow, Sept. 1, there will be 19,000 first-graders. In 7 years, at best 11,000. Because that's how many were born this year. So in 7 years there will be half as many. Every month the external debt grows by 200 million. The Siliņa/Kulbergs government has brought 130,000 migrants into Latvia. The numbers are inexorable. https://t.co/nJQMj9Alks

Wind parks bad, golden visas good. That's how one can describe the government's current policy. The Prime Minister Kulbergs' adviser worriedly tells on the radio that Latvia needs investments because the budget cannot be balanced. A few days later, the government, with the finance minister chairing the meeting (the one who should be responsible for balancing the budget!), rejects one of Latvia's largest investment projects. Why? Because some millionaires object and can afford expensive lawyers and stir up the public. Even better, this proposal was submitted by National Alliance politician Vitenbergs. Shouldn't the National Alliance care about Latvia's energy independence, right? But no, its politicians have decided that their voter will be the one protesting against wind parks. They themselves also participate in protests, fishing for votes. Gas, apparently, is a politically closer energy source. Instead of ensuring clear decision-making for investors who have gone through many bureaucratic procedures, express favoritism is being prepared for golden visa holders. They supposedly fill Latvia's budget with money. Plain short-term thinking. Instead of reducing energy prices with renewables and developing manufacturing in Latvia, we wait for the Lucky Bear. But this could have been avoided. Also avoidable was the devastating criticism expressed by Latvia's Investment and Development Agency (LIAA), the Foreign Investors' Council (FICIL), the Latvian Employers' Confederation (LDDK), and the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LTRK) - henceforth there must be a clearer and more predictable procedure for large investment projects (https://t.co/rbOzmuaDaC). The Cabinet of Ministers should not make such decisions on specific projects. The Cabinet must create the rules of the game, not participate in the game. State institutions, after rules are developed, must make decisions on specific projects. That was an initial flaw in the law that could not be fixed in the Saeima in the first half of this year. I submitted a proposal in the draft law that the institution - the State Environmental Service - should decide on such projects. The proposal received support in the committee but not at the Saeima session. In my opinion, what happened is a good lesson for the future. The Cabinet cannot be granted the right to decide on specific projects. That must be done by a non-partisan civil service that follows the law, not pre-election emotions. That will give certainty to investors that LIAA, LTRK, LDDK, and FICIL invite.

We must show people what their long-term benefit will be! – politicians argue about wind park construction

Factions promise to review deputy compensation before the elections.

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Three Latvian nationals safe in Nepal, but 33 still considered missing - Foreign Ministry

"Spried ar Delfi": how to assess changes in the latest party ratings. Full post

@RKrumin @AndrisKulbergs @aldis_voitenko @Apvienotais_ Because that is doing - not talking.

Kulberg's economic growth plan. #ErnestsZīmē

Let's go - we cooperate. We can start with already prepared draft laws that are still gathering dust in the drawers of the Saeima parties. https://t.co/dO8g7UJfye You can safely copy our anti-migration plan, so we don't have to just fight the consequences of Kulberg's government. https://t.co/6ZPX462phN In short - broad cooperation opportunities. Just need to do it. But probably won't be without us...