Latvian PM Evika Silina Resigns After 3-Party Coalition Loses Majority Over Drone Row
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Updated · 10TV · May 14
Latvian PM Evika Silina Resigns After 3-Party Coalition Loses Majority Over Drone Row
17 articles · Updated · 10TV · May 14
Evika Silina quit on Thursday after the Progressives Party withdrew from Latvia’s three-party government, stripping the prime minister of a parliamentary majority months before an October election.
The break followed last week’s resignation of Defense Minister Andris Sprūds, a Progressives member, over the government’s handling of several stray Ukrainian drones that crossed into Latvian territory.
The center-right coalition had already been under strain for months on multiple issues, and the drone controversy accelerated its collapse.
President Edgars Rinkevics will meet all parliamentary parties on Friday to begin choosing a new head of government, opening a fresh bout of political uncertainty in the Baltic state.
Was Latvia's government a casualty of stray drones, or a victim of a pre-election political power grab?
With its government collapsed and air defenses exposed, how will Latvia secure its skies before the next crisis hits?
As a NATO government falls over airspace violations, is Russia's hybrid warfare strategy already succeeding on the eastern flank?