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{{Short description|Political alliance in Latvia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Development/For!

| native_name = Attīstībai/Par!

| logo = File:Development-For!_party_logo.png

| colorcode = #FFEC00

| chairman = [[Daniels Pavļuts]]<br>[[Juris Pūce]]

| foundation = {{Start date|2018|04|20}}

| ideology = [[Liberalism in Latvia|Liberalism]]<ref name=Nordsieck>{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|title=Latvia|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2018|accessdate=6 April 2019}}</ref><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><br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="osw"/><br>[[LGBT rights in Latvia|Pro-LGBT]]

| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]

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

| seats1_title = [[Saeima]]

| seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|13|100|hex=#FFEC00}}

| seats2_title = [[European Parliament]]

| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1|8|hex=#FFEC00}}

| website = https://attistibaipar.lv

| country = Latvia

| native_name = Attīstībai/Par!

| native_name_lang = lv

| europeanabbreviation = AP!

| logo = Development For! logo.svg

| europarl = [[Renew Europe]]

| logo_size = 200px

| 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>}}

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

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

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

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

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

| affiliation1_title = Members

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

| europarl = [[Renew Europe]]

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

| country = Latvia

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

}}

'''Development/For!''' ([[Latvian language|Latvian]]: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' '''AP!''') was a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[political alliance]] in [[Latvia]].<ref name="Nordsieck 20182">{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|title=Latvia|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|url-status=live|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|accessdate=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330115758/http://parties-and-elections.eu:80/latvia.html |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Harmony still leads in Euro election polls despite taint of scandal|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/harmony-still-leads-in-euro-election-polls-despite-taint-of-scandal.a318278/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=eng.lsm.lv|language=en}}</ref> It was formed in 2018 and was composed of [[Movement For!]] (Par), [[For Latvia's Development]] (LA) and [[Izaugsme]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 April 2018|title=Nodibināta apvienība "Attīstībai/Par!", priekšvēlēšanu kampaņas starts 26.aprīlī|url=https://attistibaipar.lv/zinas/nodibinata-apvieniba-attistibaipar-prieksvelesanu-kampanas-starts-26aprili|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Attīstībai Par|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007145626/https://attistibaipar.lv/zinas/nodibinata-apvieniba-attistibaipar-prieksvelesanu-kampanas-starts-26aprili |archive-date=7 October 2018 }}</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!''' ([[Latvian language|Latvian]]: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' '''AP!''') is a [[Liberalism|liberal]],<ref name=Nordsieck/> [[Pro-Europeanism|pro-European]] [[political alliance]] in [[Latvia]], made of three [[Political party|political parties]]: [[Movement For!]], [[For Latvia's Development]] and [[Growth (party)|Growth]]. The alliance was founded on 20 April 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://attistibaipar.lv/zinas/nodibinata-apvieniba-attistibaipar-prieksvelesanu-kampanas-starts-26aprili|title=Development/For! political alliance founded}}</ref> and after the [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election]] it is the fourth largest political group in the [[Saeima]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sv2018.cvk.lv/pub/ElectionResults|title=2018 parliamentary election results}}</ref>

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.

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 [[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.

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.

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 [[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.

==Members==

== Election results ==

=== Parliament ===

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Election year

! colspan=2 width=225px | Name

!# of overall votes

! Ideology

!% of overall vote

!# of overall seats won

!+/-

! Position

! Leader

! [[Saeima]]

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

|-

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

!'''[[2018 Latvian parliamentary election|2018]]'''

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

|101,124

| [[Social liberalism]]

|12.04 (#4)

| [[Centrism|Centre]]

|{{Composition bar|13|100|hex=#FFEC00}}

| [[Daniels Pavļuts]]

|New

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

| {{Yes2|Government}}

| {{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==

=== European Parliament ===

===Legislative elections===

{| class="wikitable"

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

!Election year

|-

!# of

! rowspan=2 |Election

overall votes

! rowspan=2 |Party leader

!% of

! colspan=5 |Performance

overall vote

! rowspan=2 |Rank

!# of

! rowspan=2 |Government

overall seats won

|-

!+/–

! Votes

! %

! ± pp

! Seats

! +/–

|-

! [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election|2018]]

| align=left| [[Artis Pabriks]]

| 101,685

| 12.12

| New

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

| New

| 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}}

|}

===European Parliament===

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

|-

! Election

! Leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

|-

! [[2019 European Parliament election in Latvia|2019]]

| align=left| [[Ivars Ijabs]]

|58,763

| 58,763

|12.25 (#5)

| 12.49 (No. 4)

|{{Composition bar|1|8|hex=#FFEC00}}

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

|New

|

|-

|}

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