Politologist says Latvia is unlikely to see any clear leaders in European Parliament elections

It is unlikely there will be any clear leaders in the upcoming European Parliament (EP) elections, as LETA was told by politologist Juris Rozenvalds.
He said that the European Parliament elections aren’t as much about parties and programmes competing as they are about personalities, especially politicians with experience in the parliament.
Ratings published last week indicate that New Unity is no longer in the lead, as it was overtaken by National Alliance.
Rozenvalds said this switch was due to the scandal with Krišjānis Kariņš’s private flights, as well as the claims from former Unity office worker Normunds Orleāns about the payment of envelope wages. Unity denies accusations, stressing that they were released specifically to hurt the party’s reputation.
The politologist said that it is unlikely the National Alliance will be able achieve the same results as it did in 2004, when Latvia participated in European Parliament elections for the first time.
Rozenvalds also doubts Unity will be able to repeat the same success they had in the previous EP elections, when the party got two seats.
At the same time, the politologist notes, however, that the party’s pre-election promotion campaign has yet to reach full swing. Nevertheless, judging from the current popularity polls, it is unlikely we will see any clearly defined leaders or any party securing four seats in the European Parliament in the end.
The European Parliament elections will be taking place in member states between the 6th and 9th of June. A total of 720 MEPs will be elected. Nine of them will come from Latvia.
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