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The People's Party, the largest group in a five-party coalition, walked out amid disputes over how to cope with the country's severe problems.
Unemployment has now hit 20 per cent and the economy contracted by 18 per cent last year.
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The People's Party quit after its action plan failed to get the backing of Valdis Dombrovskis, the Latvian prime minister, who labelled it "populist".
Mr Dombrovskis warned the People's Party's departure could cause yet further economic instability.
"Any contradictions in the government are immediately reflected in the financial markets, and they directly affect the fiscal stability our country... a policy that is truly responsible for the country cannot be self-centred," he said.
But he said remained confident that an emergency IMF bail-out worth £6.7bn would remain unaffected by the political instability.
New Era, Mr Dombrovskis's party, confirmed it had already extended invitations to other parties to join a new coalition in an attempt on gain the majority in Latvia's 100-seat parliament.
It attempted to play down concerns about the prospect of a minority government at the helm of country in severe economic turmoil.
Laila Dimrote, a spokeswoman for New Era, said: "This is not a big deal. Latvia has had many minority governments in the past, and often this is the case prior to elections."
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Fuck yeah Latvia! We're so awesome.
[editline]10:52PM[/editline]
Our country is such a shit hole.
Not your fault.
My country :crying:.
Half my genetics come from Latvia.
OH SHIT I'M COLLAPSING
I am moving away from Latvia REALLY soon. It's turning to a real shithole.
[QUOTE=johanz;20882472]I am moving away from Latvia REALLY soon. It's turning to a real shithole.[/QUOTE]
Move to Petersburg.
[QUOTE=johanz;20882472]I am moving away from Latvia REALLY soon. It's turning to a real shithole.[/QUOTE]
Come on down here to Lithuania! It's pretty much the same but with better weather! :smile:
[QUOTE=Legolas;20883511]Come on down here to Lithuania! It's pretty much the same but with better weather! :smile:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://englishrussia.com/images/submitted_photos_14/12.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=johanz;20882472]I am moving away from Latvia REALLY soon. It's turning to a real shithole.[/QUOTE]
Come to Iceland :downs:
It snows all the time and everyone hates us:v:!
Oh Wow, everyone was like
"Greece is gonna collapse and shit"
and then outta nowhere Latvia collapses.
:wtc:
[QUOTE=TheIceman;20883976]Come to Iceland :downs:
It snows all the time and everyone hates us:v:![/QUOTE]
Blame it on Bjork.
[editline]10:58PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=FPChris;20884087]Oh Wow, everyone was like
"Greece is gonna collapse and shit"
and then outta nowhere Latvia collapses.
:wtc:[/QUOTE]
This "collapse" isn't OMG RIOTS IN THE STREETS kind of collapse. It just means the ruling coalition's cabinet couldn't agree on something and will need to be formed again.
Yea like Pris said, this happens from time to time in parliamentary systems. The Netherlands is going through one right now.
So this is basically like a no-confidence motion that the Canadian and British parliaments do every now and then?
Except the British and Canadians are civilised, and these aren't
[QUOTE=Anteep2;20885278]Except the British and Canadians are civilised, and these aren't[/QUOTE]
Hey, Latvia is a very nice country. They have...
...
potatoes
I thought that was the Irish?
[QUOTE=TheIceman;20883976]Come to Iceland :downs:
It snows all the time and everyone hates us:v:![/QUOTE]
iceland is green and greenland is ice
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;20885363]iceland is green and greenland is ice[/QUOTE]
what does this make finland
[QUOTE=Zeke129;20885380]what does this make finland[/QUOTE]
Tailland.
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;20885363]iceland is green and greenland is ice[/QUOTE]
Erik the Red was a crafty bastard.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;20885222]So this is basically like a no-confidence motion that the Canadian and British parliaments do every now and then?[/QUOTE]
No confidence votes are typically initiated by the opposition, and usually they have assembled an alternative to the cabinet to get ready for a fresh election.
What is happening here is the existing coalition is disagreeing over how to approach the economic situation, if I'm reading the article correctly. This "People's Party" left and caused the coalition to not have a majority in parliament, and thus they are unable to pass anything. This more or less means they'll be forced to get new elections and set up new coalitions.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20885609]Erik the Red was a crafty bastard.[/QUOTE]
But had no originality at all.
FINALLY! At last, was waiting for this day for ages.
I was born in Russia, but when I was 1 year old I moved to latvia. Those bitches threat bad all people who know russian or at least are related to it. They are Fascists. Like a week ago, there was a ex- SS soldier parade. Wtf? is that normal? Shit. They gave me loads of problems in my life. At least I left it and left it forever. I now peacefully live in Ireland, and when I meet some latvian on street, it only gives me trouble because it just reminds me how it was back there.
They brainwash you when you are just like 4 years old. They say that Latvians best, we best, our country best, our language best. If you see some hobo on street, they say hey, there is a russian drunk. Well FUCK YOU. Hate them. Russian is my primary language, and if there would be some invented way to swap languages in your head, I would change Latvian to some french or something.
[QUOTE=TheIceman;20883976]Come to Iceland :downs:
It snows all the time and everyone hates us:v:![/QUOTE]
I don't :keke:
[QUOTE=FPChris;20884087]Oh Wow, everyone was like
"Greece is gonna collapse and shit"
and then outta nowhere Latvia collapses.
:wtc:[/QUOTE]
It's the nationalistic equivalent of "First post!" kinda.
Latvia should join Russia.
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