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| Alliance of Young Latvians Apvienība Jaunlatvieši | |
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| Abbreviation | AJ |
| Leader | |
| Founded | 1 February 2023; 23 months ago (2023-02-01) |
| Headquarters | Riga |
| Membership (2023) | 530 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | |
| Saeima | 0 / 100 |
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Alliance of Young Latvians (Latvian: Apvienība Jaunlatvieši, AJ) is a Latvian political party founded on February 11, 2023. The party board includes former members of For Each and Every One (now Platform 21) Rūdolfs Brēmanis, Edgars Dārznieks and Artūrs Klēbahs. The party claims to stand for Latvian protectionism, a popularly elected president and reduction of bureaucracy and states that Latvia "must be independent from the East or the West". The party had one member of the Saeima, former member of For Stability! Glorija Grevcova.
Brēmanis, a former charge- d'affaires at the Latvian embassy in the United Arab Emirates, is the main suspect in case about a possible embezzlement scheme involving the service apartments of the foreign service. Public Broadcasting of Latvia also reported that Brēmanis might have engaged in the residency permits-for-investment business while still being in the diplomatic service.
European Parliament Elections (2024)
In the 2024 elections to the European Parliament, the party fielded the Russophone homemaker Olga Čerņavska (Russian: Ольга Чернявская), who previously had not been active in politics. In the campaigning period, Latvia's State Security Service investigated her statements that were considered to be anti-Latvian and pro-Russian. In mid-June 2024, she defected to Belarus, claiming 'electoral falsification' and 'death threats.' The propaganda of the regime of Alexander Lukashenko has used her to publish content that attacks Latvian government and other institutions by using pro-Russian narratives (which is similar to the case of the Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt who defected to Belarus in May 2024).
In Belarus, Čerņavska joined former COVID-19 misinformation activist Romāns Samuļs (Latvian: Роман Самуль). He had defected from Latvia to Belarus in 2022, after having failed to win a mandate to the Latvian Parliament. In Belarus, Samul acts as a leader of a group of disillusioned Russophones from Latvia for the sake of anti-Latvian propaganda.
Election results
European Parliament elections
| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rūdolfs Brēmanis | 11,067 | 2.15 (#10) | 0 / 9 | New | – |
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