The National Alliance is a
national-conservative party, as well as
socially conservative. It has also been described as
right-wing populist or
nationalist, and placed on the
right-wing,
far-right or
radical right, of the political spectrum. In its platform, the party lists its core priorities as protecting Latvian language, culture, and heritage. An
economically liberal party, it takes a pro-West stance in foreign policy, supports economic reform to promote business competition, and calls for a "non-taxable minimum pension" for all citizens. In 2021, the party submitted to the Saeima a draft law regarding an amendment to the Constitution, which intended to strictly define the concept of family as a union of a male and a female person. It has taken right-wing populist positions, and it actively opposes immigration, both the residence permit selling programme and the refugee quota system intended by the
European Union (EU), emphasizing the already large number of Soviet-era settlers in Latvia. It has compared the modern advocates of immigration with those who supported the planned mass
immigration to the
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, which affected the
demographics of Latvia, such as the expansion of the Russian-speaking minority. In parallel to its national-conservative rhetoric, the National Alliance has denounced
ethnic nationalism, notably expelling former
Mārupe city councillor
Raivis Zeltīts from the party for his alleged past involvement in online ethnonationalist and
white supremacist forums. Party leader Raivis Dzintars has instead endorsed a vision of
cultural nationalism, including stating in an interview to the
Delfi news agency prior to the
2022 Latvian parliamentary election: “We have always been and will be for a Latvian Latvia, but we will never divide our citizens by their ethnicity or ancestry. What we care about is people’s values, language, culture – The National Alliance has had Latvians of various ethnic backgrounds in our ranks, and that is exactly the way it should be.” The party was the only one of the leading coalition partners that completely refused both the refugee quota system, as well as voluntary acceptation of refugees. In August 2015, the party took part in organizing the anti-immigration rally in Rīga. This
anti-immigration position was accented in the annual foreign affair debates in the
Saeima, also turning against perceived liberal immigration policy and
political correctness in the EU. The party supports the establishment of a
national day of remembrance for the
Latvian Legion, a mostly conscription-based military formation within
Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS, arguing that they were not Nazis but rather martyred liberation fighters resisting both the Soviet and Nazi occupations, who were later acquitted at the
Nuremberg trials. The Saeima has rejected proposals by the National Alliance to formally establish it as a holiday in 2013, 2018, and 2019. MPs from the National Alliance are regular participants in the annual commemoration events for the Latvian Legion.
Foreign policy In foreign policy, the party wants to participate in what it calls the "Western geopolitical space". It supports Latvian membership of
NATO. Following
Brexit, the National Alliance stated that the UK's decision must be respected and the country needs to remain an important ally of Europe and Latvia, and that the EU must not retaliate against Britain and instead pursue a free trade agreement with Britain. as well as the
Council of Europe. ==Election results==