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{{Short description|Latvian politicalPolitical alliance in Latvia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Development/For!

| native_name = Attīstībai/Par!

| native_name_lang = lv

| abbreviation = AP!

| logo = Development-For!_party_logo.png

| logo = Development For! logo.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| logo_size = 200px

| colorcode = {{Development/For!/meta/color}}

| colorcode = {{party color|Development/For!}}

| chairman = {{ubl|[[Daniels Pavļuts]]|[[Ivars Ijabs]] ''(acting)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.attistibai.lv/en/news/news/party-board-nominates-ivars-ijabs-as-acting-chair-of-latvijas-attistibai-786|title=Party board nominates Ivars Ijabs as acting chair of 'Latvijas attīstībai'|language=en|publisher=Development/For!|date=November 16, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>}}

| chairman = {{ubl|[[Daniels Pavļuts]]|[[Ivars Ijabs]] (acting)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.attistibai.lv/en/news/news/party-board-nominates-ivars-ijabs-as-acting-chair-of-latvijas-attistibai-786|title=Party board nominates Ivars Ijabs as acting chair of 'Latvijas attīstībai'|language=en|publisher=Development/For!|date=November 16, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>}}

| abbreviation = AP!

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2018|04|20|df=y}}

| dissolution = {{End date|2022|11|25|df=y}} (de facto)

| membership_year = 2018

| ideology = {{ubl|[[Liberalism]]}}

| membership = 1,200

| position = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]

| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|

| headquarters = Torņa iela 4, III-C 101, [[Riga]]

|[[Liberalism]]<ref name="Nordsieck 2018">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|title=Latvia|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|accessdate=8 August 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

| affiliation1_title = Members

|[[Social liberalism]]<ref name="BalticTimes">{{cite news |title=New political party The Movement For! established in Latvia |newspaper=[[The Baltic Times]] |date=30 August 2017 |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/new_political_party_the_movement_for___established_in_latvia/}}</ref><ref name="tvnet">[http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/674676-registrejoties_teju_300_biedriem_nodibina_partiju_kustiba_par Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!]. tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018.</ref>

| affiliation1 = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Movement For!]]|[[For Latvia's Development]]|[[Izaugsme]]}}

|[[Classical liberalism]]<ref name="osw">{{cite news|work=[[Centre for Eastern Studies]]|title=Parliamentary elections in Latvia: the fragmentation of the political scene|date=10 October 2018|url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2018-10-10/parliamentary-elections-latvia-fragmentation-political-scene}}</ref>

| europarl = [[Renew Europe]]

|[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="osw"/>}}

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Development/For!}}|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]]

| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]

| country = Latvia

| headquarters = Torņa iela 4, III-C 101, [[Riga]]

| website = {{URL|https://attistibaipar.lv/}}

| seats1_title = [[Saeima]]

| seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|13|100|{{Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

| seats2_title = [[European Parliament]]

| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1|8|{{Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

| seats3_title = [[Riga City Council]]

| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|7|60|{{Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

| affiliation1_title = Member parties

| affiliation1 = {{ubl|[[Movement For!]]|[[For Latvia's Development]]|[[Izaugsme]]}}

| colours = {{color box|{{Development/For!/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]]

| country = Latvia

| slogan = "Say 'for' to development!"<br />({{lang-lv|Saki attīstībai par!}})

| website = {{URL|https://attistibaipar.lv/|attistibaipar.lv}}

| europarl = [[Renew Europe]]

| seats4_title = [[Administrative divisions of Latvia|Mayors]]

| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|4|43|{{Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

}}

'''Development/For!''' ([[Latvian language|Latvian]]: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' '''AP!''') iswas a [[Liberalism|liberal]]<ref name="Nordsieck[[political 2018"/>alliance]] andin [[social-liberalLatvia]].<ref name="Duvold2020Nordsieck 20182">{{cite bookweb|author1last=Kjetil DuvoldNordsieck|author2first=Sten BerglundWolfram|author3year=Joakim Ekman2018|title=Political Culture in the Baltic StatesLatvia|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|url-status=live|website=Parties Betweenand NationalElections andin EuropeanEurope|accessdate=8 IntegrationAugust 2021|archive-url=https://booksweb.googlearchive.comorg/books?idweb/20120330115758/http://parties-and-elections.eu:80/latvia.html |archive-date=Nka5DwAAQBAJ&pg30 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name=PA62":0">{{Cite web|yeartitle=2020|publisher=SpringerHarmony still leads in Euro election polls despite taint of Naturescandal|isbnurl=978https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/harmony-3still-030leads-21844in-7euro-election-polls-despite-taint-of-scandal.a318278/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=eng.lsm.lv|pagelanguage=62en}}</ref> [[pro-European]]It [[politicalwas alliance]]formed in [[Latvia]],2018 madeand upwas composed of the [[political parties]] [[Movement For!]] (Par), [[For Latvia's Development]], (LA) and [[Izaugsme|Growth]].<ref>{{Cite Theweb|date=20 allianceApril was2018|title=Nodibināta foundedapvienība on"Attīstībai/Par!", 20priekšvēlēšanu Aprilkampaņas 2018,<ref>{{Citestarts web26.aprīlī|url=https://attistibaipar.lv/zinas/nodibinata-apvieniba-attistibaipar-prieksvelesanu-kampanas-starts-26aprili|titleurl-status=Development/For!live|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Attīstībai political alliance founded}}</ref> and after the [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election]] it is the fourth largest political group in the [[Saeima]].<ref>{{Cite webPar|archive-url=https://sv2018web.cvkarchive.org/web/20181007145626/https://attistibaipar.lv/pubzinas/ElectionResultsnodibinata-apvieniba-attistibaipar-prieksvelesanu-kampanas-starts-26aprili |titlearchive-date=20187 parliamentaryOctober election2018 results}}</ref>

The alliance embraced a [[Centrism|centrist]] position,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ambitious contenders from Croatia's Left: Možemo wins Zagreb|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/ambitious-contenders-from-croatias-left-mo%C5%BEemo-wins-zagreb/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=openDemocracy|language=en}}</ref> and was variously described as [[Social liberalism|social-liberal]]<ref name="BalticTimes">{{cite news|date=30 August 2017|title=New political party The Movement For! established in Latvia|newspaper=[[The Baltic Times]]|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/new_political_party_the_movement_for___established_in_latvia/}}</ref><ref name="tvnet">[http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/674676-registrejoties_teju_300_biedriem_nodibina_partiju_kustiba_par Reģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par!]. tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018.</ref><ref name="Duvold2020">{{cite book|author1=Kjetil Duvold|author2=Sten Berglund|author3=Joakim Ekman|title=Political Culture in the Baltic States: Between National and European Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nka5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA62|year=2020|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=978-3-030-21844-7|page=62}}</ref> and [[Classical liberalism|classical-liberal]] views.<ref name="osw">{{cite news|date=10 October 2018|title=Parliamentary elections in Latvia: the fragmentation of the political scene|work=[[Centre for Eastern Studies]]|url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2018-10-10/parliamentary-elections-latvia-fragmentation-political-scene}}</ref> It is orientated towards [[pro-Europeanism]], and it states "a modern and just Latvia within a united Europe" as its main goal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://attistibaipar.lv/storage/app/media/programma/Attistibai_Par_Programma_ENG.pdf|title=Development/For! party platform|access-date=7 October 2018|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231530/https://attistibaipar.lv/storage/app/media/programma/Attistibai_Par_Programma_ENG.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two main components of the alliance, LA and Par, are both member parties of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (ALDE) party. The alliance was led by its co-chairmen, [[Daniels Pavļuts]], member of [[Saeima]] and the leader of Par, and [[Juris Pūce]], Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the leader of LA.

Development/For! positions itself as the only major liberal force in Latvia and states that "a modern and just Latvia within a united Europe" as its main goal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://attistibaipar.lv/storage/app/media/programma/Attistibai_Par_Programma_ENG.pdf|title=Development/For! party platform}}</ref> The two main components of the alliance, For Latvia's Development and Movement For!, are both member parties of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]].

In the [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary election]] it placed fourth by winning 13 seats in Saeima.<ref>{{Cite web|title=13. SAEIMAS VĒLĒŠANAS|url=https://sv2018.cvk.lv/pub/ElectionResults|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-09|website=sv2018.cvk.lv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154914/https://sv2018.cvk.lv/pub/ElectionResults |archive-date=6 October 2018 }}</ref> From January 2019 the alliance participated in the [[first Kariņš cabinet]], holding seven ministerial positions including [[Artis Pabriks]]'s being appointed Deputy Prime Minister. In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Latvia|2019 European Parliament election]], the alliance received one of the eight seats allocated to Latvia, with the frontrunner of the list, [[Political science|political scientist]] [[Ivars Ijabs]] being elected. Ijabs was at that time not a member of any of the parties making up the alliance, although he announced that he would represent the ALDE party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/meps-from-latvia-react-to-election-results.a320474/|title=MEPs react to election results|date=2019-05-27|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> Ijabs as well as deputy prime minister and defence minister [[Artis Pabriks]] joined For Latvia's Development in October 2019.

The alliance is led by its two co-chairmen: [[Daniels Pavļuts]], member of [[Saeima]] and the leader of Movement For! and [[Juris Pūce]], Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development and the leader of Latvian Development.

In the [[2020 Riga City Council election|2020 Riga City Council snap election]], the alliance ran on a common electoral list with the centre-left [[The Progressives (Latvia)|Progressives]], which won the election with 26 percent of the vote and received 18 seats, seven of which were won by AP! candidates from all parties except Growth. Movement For! member [[Mārtiņš Staķis]] became mayor until his resignation in 2023.

In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Latvia|2019 European Parliament election]], the alliance received one of the eight seats allocated to Latvia, with the frontrunner of the list, [[Political science|political scientist]] [[Ivars Ijabs]] being elected. Ijabs was at that time not a member of any of the parties making up the alliance, although he announced that he would represent the European [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/meps-from-latvia-react-to-election-results.a320474/|title=MEPs react to election results|date=2019-05-27|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> Ijabs as well as deputy prime minister and defence minister [[Artis Pabriks]] joined For Latvia's Development in October 2019.

Gradually, years of being in government – both on a national and municipal scale – in the midst of a pandemic and cabinet infighting eroded much of the alliance’s voter base, as one author puts it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Samuel |date=2022-10-25 |title=The Short, (Un)happy Life of Development/For! – What It Can Teach Liberalism Europe-wide - Foreign Policy Research Institute |url=https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/10/the-short-unhappy-life-of-development-for-what-it-can-teach-liberalism-europe-wide/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.fpri.org |language=en-US}}</ref> After disappointing results from the [[2022 Latvian parliamentary election|2022 parliamentary election]], in which the alliance failed to return its parliamentary seats, the alliance was technically dissolved, though it remains registered to maintain state funding under the legal name of '''PLI''' (an abbreviation of the initials of the names of the former constituent parties).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-25 |title=Politisko partiju apvienības “Attīstībai/Par!” valdes paziņojums - Attīstībai/Par! |url=https://attistibaipar.lv/zinas/politisko-partiju-apvienibas-attistibai-par-valdes-pazinojums/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |language=lv}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In the [[2020 Riga City Council election|2020 Riga City Council snap election]], the alliance ran on a common list with the social-democratic party [[The Progressives (Latvia)|The Progressives]], which won the election with 26 percent of the vote and received 18 seats, seven of which were won by AP! candidates from all parties except Growth.

==Members==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan=2 width=225px | Name

! Ideology

! Position

! Leader

! [[Saeima]]

! [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]]

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Movement For!}}; width:2px;"|

| [[Movement For!]]<br /><small>Kustība Par!</small>

| [[Social liberalism]]

| [[Centrism|Centre]]

| [[Daniels Pavļuts]]

| {{Composition bar|0|100|{{party color|Movement For!}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Movement For!}}}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|For Latvia's Development}}; width:2px;"|

| [[For Latvia's Development]]<br /><small>Latvijas attīstībai</small>

| [[Classical liberalism]]

| [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]

| [[Ivars Ijabs]]<br>[[Artūrs Toms Plešs]]<br>[[Elīna Stapulone]]

| {{Composition bar|0|100|{{party color|For Latvia's Development}}}}

| {{Composition bar|1|8|{{party color|For Latvia's Development}}}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Izaugsme}}; width:2px;"|

| [[Izaugsme|Growth]]<br /><small>Izaugsme</small>

| [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]

| [[Centrism|Centre]]

| [[:lv:Andris Skride|Andris Skride]]

| {{Composition bar|0|100|{{party color|Izaugsme}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Izaugsme}}}}

|}

==Election results==

===SaeimaLegislative elections===

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right

|-

! rowspan=2 |Election

! rowspan=2 |Party leader

! Leader

! colspan=5 |Performance

! rowspan=2 |Rank

! rowspan=2 |Government

|-

! Votes

! %

! ± pp

! Seats

! +/–

! Government

|-

! [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election|2018]]

| align=left| [[Artis Pabriks]]

| 101,685

| 12.12 (No. 4)

| New

| {{Composition bar|13|100|hex={{Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

| {{Composition bar|13|100|hex={{party color|Development/For!}}}}

|

| New

| {{yes2|[[Kariņš cabinet|Coalition]]}}

| 4th

| {{yes2|[[First Kariņš cabinet|Coalition]]}}

|-

! [[2022 Latvian parliamentary election|2022]]

| [[Artis Pabriks]]

| 45,452

| 4.97

| {{decrease}} 7.15

| {{Composition bar|0|100|hex={{party color|Development/For!}}}}

| {{Decrease}} 13

| {{decrease}} 8th

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

|}

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| 58,763

| 12.49 (No. 4)

| {{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{party color|Development/For!/meta/color}}}}

|

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