Latvia Gets New Prime Minister Evika Silina With Parliament Majority

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By Aaron Eglitis

September 15, 2023 at 2:13 PM UTC

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Latvia’s Evika Silina secured a parliamentary majority to become the Baltic nation’s new prime minister as she promised to bolster defense spending in the face of Russian military aggression.

Lawmakers in Riga voted 53-39 on Friday to install the new three-party coalition. Silina’s center-right New Unity party forged an alliance with the Union of Greens and Farmers and the center-left Progressives, potentially moving policy in the nation of 1.9 million to the left.