Union of Greens and Farmers
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Union of Greens and Farmers
Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība |
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| Leader | Armands Krauze (LZS) |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Riga |
| Ideology |
Agrarianism Green conservatism Liberal conservatism Soft euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European Green Party (LZP) |
| International affiliation | Global Greens (LZP) |
| European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats |
| Colours | Green |
| Saeima |
21 / 100
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| European Parliament |
1 / 8
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| Website | |
| www |
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Union of Greens and Farmers (Latvian: Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība, ZZS) is a green and agrarian political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: the Latvian Farmers' Union (LZS) and the Latvian Green Party (LZP). It is the third largest bloc in the Saeima. The Union of Greens and Farmers also cooperates closely with two regional parties: For Latvia and Ventspils and the Liepāja Party.
Although the ZZS encompasses green politics, usually considered centre-left in the context of Western and Central Europe, it may be considered a centrist Nordic agrarian alliance. While the alliance's formal leader is Armands Krauze, its leading figure and chief financial supporter is the oligarch Aivars Lembergs. In 2015 the then leader Raimonds Vējonis became President of Latvia and subsequently resigned his leadership of the alliance.
The alliance was established before the 2002 parliamentary election. It ran on an ideologically amorphous agenda and won 12 out of 100 seats in the parliament. In March 2004, Indulis Emsis from the LZP became the Prime Minister of Latvia until December of that year.
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