For the party which existed from 2007 to 2011, see Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way.
Latvian political party
Latvian Way
Latvijas Ceļš
Leader
Ivars Godmanis
Founded
25 September 1993
Dissolved
25 August 2007
Merged into
LPP/LC
Headquarters
Riga
Ideology
Conservative liberalism
Political position
Centre-right
European affiliation
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
International affiliation
Liberal International
European Parliament group
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–07)
Colours
Gold, Red, Black
Website
lc.lv
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Latvian Way (Latvian: Latvijas Ceļš) was a conservative-liberal[1][2] political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (LPP/LC) in 2007.
It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives". Latvian Way was a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
^Hans Slomp (2011). Europe, a Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. pp. 532–. ISBN 978-0-313-39181-1.
^Caroline Close; Pascal Delwit (2019). "Liberal parties and elections: Electoral performances and voters' profile". In Emilie van Haute; Caroline Close (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-351-24549-4.
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