Latvian Political Monitor

HOW CAN ONE NOT PROMISE! - the classic once said 🗳️ PARTIES — WHO PROMISES MORE? Given this stark budget reality and the legacy left in state finances, where even borrowing up to the maximum 🇪🇺EU-allowed budget deficit limit is not enough, the pre-election promises of political parties stand out especially. They are no longer measurable in hundreds of millions — they are already measurable in billions €, moreover without financial coverage and without a real economic growth proposal. I have analysed the programmes of several political parties and summarised each party's promises in money terms for the period from 2027 to 2030. 🏆 The record holders of political "Promisers" for the next four years: 🥇 No.1 — Suverēnā Vara / Jaunlatvieši (Stepaņenko wants to give benefits, cut VAT, raise salaries): +3.61 billion € 🥈 No.2 — @LatvijaPirmaja Latvia First (@SlesersAinars – we reduce VAT on everything): +2.87 billion € 🥉 No.3 — @ZZS_ (@ViktorsValainis — promising to abolish VAT): +2.47 billion € 4️⃣ @Progresivie (@suvajevs — because money grows on trees): +2.1 billion € 5️⃣ @Jauna_Vienotiba (@aseradens — we continue borrowing endlessly): +1.56 billion € 6️⃣ @VL_TBLNNK National Alliance — (wants to fund language, education, culture and fight illegal migration, without thinking about the ECONOMY): +1.55 billion € 7️⃣ @Apvienotais_ — we will not promise what we cannot deliver, main focus on education that will pay off in the future, with justification of where we will take the funding: +763 million € When you go to vote - ask the question - HOW DO THESE BIG PROMISERS REALLY INTEND TO IMPLEMENT THEIR PROMISES, IF ALREADY TODAY THE STATE FINANCES HAVE A €420M FINANCIAL HOLE (already next year), WHICH MUST BE FILLED? And think about who left such a financial pit legacy

@AndrisKulbergs @pucej @Finmin “Mēs mainām noteikumus” @partijaMMN is not in the chart, because then they would be the leaders in promising less, and AS would no longer look so good.

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Political scientist names the biggest surprises possible in the Saeima elections.

Unlike the other prime minister candidates, I do not have time to prepare for the debates, because I have to run the country and make very difficult decisions, such as today about the legacy left by Rail Baltica. What was shown in the studio was material prepared by myself, in which, in addition to the fresher information provided by the FM on state finances, I inserted my own analysis of all parties' irresponsible promises in programmes without funding coverage. I delve into the numbers myself and, unlike the others, we in AS do not intend to deceive the voters.

FACTCHECK ⟩ “200 million for sitting in a chair.” Are Kulberg’s demands on activists justified?

Violence loves silence. It seems fitting that the most self-righteous and loudest “defenders” of principles, rights, values, and truths – the Progressives – are the ones who kept quiet and covered up an abuser in their own ranks. They quietly asked him to resign his mandate because he “burned out.” They did not go to the police because “the victim didn’t want to.” And something else, something about the United List as well. Even the Angel (how ironic) himself is explaining an “unethical,” “unprofessional” “incident,” but everything is fine because he is “going to therapy.” How convenient. And how despicable. You have lost all shame, discredited yourselves, and undermined people’s rational perception of everything you have self-righteously and sanctimoniously raged about in recent years – both good and bad.

I see that Kulbergs is already for the second time showing in debates a table prepared by the Ministry of Finance (FM logo in the corner of the table) on the fiscal impact of parties' promises. Is that now some new task for @Finmin? Is the methodology of this table publicly available?

@ProBono_Latvia @AndrisKulbergs @CVK_zinas @JaunsLV pre-election black PR drives up fear and doubt about anything. It feels like you would even have to ask for verification of the authenticity of your own education documents obtained in Latvia.

Kulbergs: Mieriņa, why did the US not invite Latvia to the meeting on NATO's future? https://t.co/K4lpE0yaLD

Kulbergs reassures: why the US did not invite Latvia to the meeting on NATO's future

Kulbergs explained why the US did not invite Latvia to the NATO meeting in Poland.

@UsulisBintars I have read it. And exactly so — the convention is just paper, because violence must be combated with national legislation and effective law enforcement work. In all European countries where migrant terror against women occurs, this convention is in force. So?

🟥 KULBERGS from the United List and INDRIKSONE from the National Alliance are again BETRAYING their voters right before the elections, both voted that there is NO need to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention! p.s. Hermanis of MMN thought for a very long time, and Valainis from ZZS has understood what the blue ZS mean, he did not step on the rake again. Society „Family Association“

Kulbergs explains why the US did not invite Latvia to the NATO meeting in Poland (1)

Government sets maximum cost of a Rail Baltica kilometer at €20 million (2)

Government decides: maximum spending of 20 million per kilometre of the Rail Baltica railway project.

20 million euros per one 'Rail Baltica' kilometer: government sets cap on railway project