Press releases

From 10 to 12 June Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, is visiting Vienna, Austria, following an invitation extended by Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian National Council.
On Saturday, 9 June, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, sent letters to Jean-Pierre Bel, President of the Senate of France, and Bernard Accoyer, President of the National Assembly of France, offering her condolences in regard to the death of four French soldiers serving in the NATO-led peace-keeping mission in Afghanistan.
Āboltiņa meets with Ilves: the good neighbourly relations between Latvia and Estonia ought to be transformed into closer practical cooperation
On Wednesday, 6 June, during her meeting with Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, emphasised the necessity to generate more practical benefits from the excellent bilateral relations between Latvia and Estonia by implementing mutually important joint projects in the areas of education, health-care and information technology.
Solvita Āboltiņa: Latvia holds in high esteem values defended by the Council of Europe
On Monday, 4 May, when Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, met with Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, she said that Latvia holds in high esteem democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and regards it as an obligation to share its experience in achieving democratic reforms with European countries in which this process has just begun.
Along with the parliaments of 11 other EU member states, the Saeima showed a ”yellow card” to the proposal for a Council regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom to provide services. National parliaments of Latvia and 11 other states concluded that the proposal for a regulation violates the subsidiarity principle.
Solvita Āboltiņa: Latvia will once again become a stable and predictable place for business and investment
On Thursday, 31 May, in her address to participants of the 16th High Council meeting of the Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, stressed that “Latvia will once again become a stable and predictable place for business and investment, a place where people can live in security, stability and prosperity”.
On Thursday, 31 May, the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) in the second and final reading adopted the draft law whereby Latvia ratifies the so-called EU Fiscal Compact. The Compact was ratified with 67 MPs voting for, 29 voting against, and one abstaining.
Āboltiņa: Excellent relations between Latvia and Poland help to solve EU and regional development issues
On Wednesday, 30 May, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, met with Ewa Kopacz, Marshal of the Polish Sejm. The Speaker stressed that excellent bilateral relations between Latvia and Poland and their close cooperation help both countries to jointly defend their vital interests at the EU level, including access to cohesion and agricultural funding, as well as to solve regional development issues.
Āboltiņa meets with Saakashvili and confirms Latvia’s support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration
On Tuesday, 29 May, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, held a meeting with Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, during which she stressed that Latvia is Georgia’s trustworthy ally in its quest for integration into NATO and the European Union.
Ewa Kopacz, Marshal of the Polish Sejm, along with a delegation of Polish parliamentarians, will visit Latvia on 30 and 31 May upon the invitation of Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima.
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