Latvian Political Monitor

The coalition cannot even secure a quorum for the vote on its own prime minister's resignation! @EvikaSilina @Jauna_Vienotiba

🙏 The bailiffs' feast will be interrupted! 📌Today the Saeima supported a proposal that stipulates that in case of non-payment of administrative fines, bailiffs will not be involved after a month, as is currently the case. ☝️More than 40,000 such cases are registered every year. https://t.co/cMJ2gLa0ro

Thank you to our strategic partner, the United States 🇺🇸 @SpeakerJohnson, for consistent support for the Baltic Security Initiative in the amount of USD 200 million. The United States highly values Latvia's and the Baltic states' contribution to the security of the Alliance, and in turn we greatly appreciate the leadership and peace efforts of our American friends on a global scale. Latvia remains ready to continue supporting the United States' efforts to strengthen peace in the world! The focused work of the Saeima, its members, and Latvia's foreign policy architects has brought concrete results, demonstrating the Saeima's essential role in shaping Latvia's foreign policy!

“Bloggers are a risk to democracy.” - that's what SEPLP member Andris Saulītis said this morning at the Human Rights Commission, referring to his research data on the public's (dis)trust in the media. I'll add from myself that the research data clearly showed that public trust in "classical" media continues to drop sharply 📉. But it turns out that the main risk to democracy and everyone is to blame are bloggers… P.S. "Bloggers" include opinion leaders, influencers, and digital content creators in general.

This morning, looking at electricity prices, I cannot help but ask: how long will this mockery continue? Throughout January I followed electricity exchange prices and every time there is a hard frost outside, electricity prices are astronomically high! These prices as of 03.02.2026, which you see in the table, are still excluding VAT! These outrageously high electricity prices affect approximately 130,000 households and businesses in Latvia! Every family that tries not to freeze in their homes and uses electricity: a heat pump, electric radiators, a boiler, underfloor heating - is most exposed to these outrageously high electricity prices! Not to mention ordinary daily household activities: washing clothes, cooking, lighting the home, heating water, etc. But it affects even more our own Latvian companies, factories, and even farmers! They all not only create jobs, but also pay large taxes to the state treasury and - YES - sustain the national economy!!! Yet high electricity exchange prices make business not only unpredictable, but also increase the prices of products and services, and in the end – the final buyer overpays for every good and service – you, dear Latvian residents! Since when has electricity become a luxury item? Since the Green Deal?? Or from a government that DOES NOT WORK IN THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS??? As a deputy, I believe that this government must finally take responsibility for its residents, who are also taxpayers! An honest and adequate pricing policy is needed and most importantly - energy independence!!! Looking at these inadequately high and artificially inflated electricity prices, one can only conclude that Latvia has lost its energy independence!

🔴 Chairman of Ogre Municipality Council Egils Helmanis (NA) has announced his resignation. “It so happened again that I have ended up in the hospital, so I made the decision to resign.” Helmanis says in a video published on Facebook. https://t.co/1FZ4CN7Vjm

@vitols_andris @gatis_auzins Oh no, I worked for five years in a non-political position. I don't have it like in your times, when Bordāns used you a bit and now you and @gatis_auzins are competing for third place, in a two-person race.

@gatis_auzins I have to disappoint your theory, I have been working there for five years. Staķis was in power, then your people. Before that I was a politics teacher in high school, while I was in high school myself, baking pizzas :) I have been a nationalist since childhood, but you wouldn't understand that.

📻 Listen to LDDK education and employment expert Liene Voroņenko @Gimenes_Studija on how to find a balance between young people's career choices and the needs of the national economy: https://t.co/pn73MCHqxH

After my speech, the Foreign Minister came to refute what had been done and also called me a 'ribbon cutter', because apparently that's what resonated most in my speech 🙃 https://t.co/d9Mlm1L3PX

🇪🇺European defence is our own, Europeans', duty and responsibility. It is in Latvia's interests to have a strong Europe within a strong NATO – with resilient transatlantic ties as a long-term security guarantee. This is what I emphasised in today's foreign policy debates in the Saeima. 👉https://t.co/Qm1uUVzWkN

Today in the Saeima foreign policy debates @Braze_Baiba “Russian and Belarusian athletes are not welcome in Latvia! 🎯💯 https://t.co/5t2v8WMsVS

#LatvijaLatviešiem in the programme we also touched on fact-checking, but most likely I am now an enemy of the state, because Vienotība is allowed to lie🙈 https://t.co/ZaHOWeab9I