Latvian Political Monitor

📣 We continue our conversation series, but this time about politics not only from the Saeima tribune, but also behind the scenes. 🎙️ This time I talked with @RaivisDzintars, who was the head of @VL_TBLNNK from 2010 to 2024, is a 14th Saeima deputy and chairman of the National Alliance's Saeima faction. 💬 In this part of the conversation we talked about how politics is actually made and how easy or difficult it is for a politician to make decisions. Is there enough freedom in politics? Is it possible to achieve the goals you initially set when entering politics? How to build cooperation with representatives of other political forces? We also talked about a politician's daily life, including whether Saeima sessions are always time well spent, how a person's life changes after leaving politics, and what happens to a politician when their work in parliament ends. #Nacionālāapvienība #RaivisDzintars

Nils Sakss Konstantinovs: "For a child to learn, they must feel discomfort"

Stepaņenko accuses journalists of stupidity and inability to read declarations, which again and again contain errors. Section 24, Part 4 of the Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest states: the truthfulness of the information is confirmed by the submitter. Before assessing journalists' literacy, it would be worth checking what she herself has written. https://t.co/di2i5upWLl

Logically written, but my emphasis is elsewhere. People's way of thinking is not rational; practically no one reasons that way. They reason like this - I pay taxes, where's my free euro-renovation service for nothing! For example, the very availability of health services. The question is, first of all, about how much and what of our paid taxes we can realistically afford? Declaratively this service is 'free'. But practically it is available only to those who can stand (and for a long time) in queues. And overall in the health system, the state allocates 2 euros, we pay 1 euro from our own pocket (out of pocket expenses). That too is the service in the quality and volume we can afford. But shouting doesn't help - it's promised to be free. And here's another thing. We are a relatively poor EU country. But medical equipment costs the same everywhere. Yes, salaries are lower, but that doesn't compensate for the rest. And we will be able to afford even less if now again before the elections they drop the excise duty on fuel (realistically). But that doesn't stop people from shouting - where's my Lenin log!

What is Riga's place in the Baltic region's cultural space, will we manage to regain the dominant role; how is Riga doing with the construction of cultural objects and attracting culture connoisseurs from neighboring countries and Europe. Thank you @burovs_olegs and @NaurisPuntulis https://t.co/X8g6KIaukf

@AndisVaic @ziimulis5 @asocgimene @AndrisKulbergs @Apvienotais_ @EdvardsSmiltens @Edgars_T Nationalists have the right values. Nationalism is the only reason why Latvia exists. And that is not on topic.

Answering Domburs' question about how she assesses assumptions that people with ties to Russia are more easily influenced, Jūlija Stepaņenko says she does not go to Russia. She has never hidden that her father lives in Russia.

During the repair of the Vanšu Bridge, a temporary one will be built for 20 million euros (1)

Kulbergs: Russia's parliamentary "elections" were neither free nor fair.

During the reconstruction of the Vanšu Bridge, it is planned to install a temporary bridge. Riga mayor Viesturs Kleinbergs ("Progresīvie") has instructed the Department of External Space and Mobility to start the necessary work for its installation.

The publication of the list of companies exporting to or importing from Russia and Belarus is economic mobbing; banks view the publication of this list as a green light to take action against these companies, says Jūlija Stepaņenko.

Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri (JV) was surprised by the medical workers' union's demand for his resignation. “I consider myself to be on the same side as the medics and the unions, and also the healthcare sector organizations,” the minister said in an interview on “Rīta Panorāma”. 🖥️ https://t.co/MscUeCjKz3

SAB has allegedly previously informed about Stepaņenko's father's large monetary gifts to his daughter.

"Russian language now has a stepchild status for us," says Jūlija Stepaņenko when asked about the promise included in the "Suverēnā vara/Apvienība Jaunlatvieši" program to restore the acquisition of Russian language in schools on a selective basis.

@AndisVaic @ziimulis5 @asocgimene @AndrisKulbergs @Apvienotais_ @EdvardsSmiltens @Edgars_T Statistics from the US substance use center. Homosexuality is a wrong value. It should not be passed on to children.