Latvians have begun voting in an election whose results, due out on Saturday (4 October), could significantly change the composition of the coalition government just months before the country assumes the presidency of the EU’s Council of Ministers.
Recent opinion polls suggest that the centre-right will not repeat the clear-cut victory it achieved in European Parliament elections in May and could be pressed hard by the leading socialist party, Harmony Centre.
Although the centre-right Unity party has joined forces with the Reform Party since the European Parliament elections, a recent poll suggests that Harmony Centre could win 24 of the 100 seats …read more
Source: European Voice
