Saeima approves State Defence Concept(11.05.2012.)
On Thursday, 10 May, the Saeima unanimously approved a concept of national defence that focuses on a radical paradigm shift whereby Latvia is transformed from a security consumer into a security provider within NATO.
The new State Defence Concept sets an indicative target for the defence budget of 2% of GDP to be achieved by 2020 as required by NATO. Prerequisites for such an increase in financing are economic growth and efficient absorption of funds aimed at the development and...
Latvia’s Presidency of the European Union (EU) in 2015 is our country’s opportunity to be noticed and to promote our interests in setting the EU agenda. Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, emphasised this on Wednesday, 9 May, at the presentation in the Saeima of the publication “Latvia’s Interests in the European Union”, which is dedicated to the opportunities of small countries to be heard and to affect decisions at the EU level.
Āboltiņa expressed her...
Foreign Affairs Committee expresses conceptual support for ratification of EU Fiscal Compact(10.05.2012.)
On Wednesday, 9 May, the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima supported the proposal that the draft law with which Latvia is to ratify the so-called Fiscal Compact of the European Union (EU) be reviewed in the first reading. The Committee also came to an agreement that the ratification process shall require a two-thirds majority.
The members of the Foreign Affairs Committee took a unanimous decision that the ratification in the Saeima of the Treaty on Stability,...
Youth Parliament will convene on Friday (25.04.2012.)
Saeima ratifies amendments to EU treaty(20.04.2012.)
