Latvia’s ruling coalition has failed to secure a quorum in the parliament, the Saeima, for two weeks during votes on contested bills, LETA reports. On 2 October 2025, opposition parties again broke the quorum to preempt a final vote on transposing EU directives on emission trading systems into national law. Only 48 out of 100 MPs were present to vote for the bills. MP Atis Labucis of the ruling New Unity party warned that Latvia could face “hundreds of millions of euros” in fines if the parliament failed to pass the bills by 1 November 2025. Meanwhile, Linda Liepina, chairwoman of opposition party Latvia First’s (LPV) parliamentary group, insisted that Latvia was in a “political crisis” and suggested that President Edgars Rinkevics intervene, LETA reported. She said that LPV could change its stance if one of the ruling parties left the coalition or Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned. Liepina linked the issue to LPV’s opposition to the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on violence against women.
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