- Harmony Centre
The Harmony Centre (abbreviated SC, Latvian: "Saskaņas Centrs", Russian "Центр согласия") is a political alliance in
Latvia . It was formed in 2005 and its main member parties are theNational Harmony Party , theSocialist Party of Latvia and the "New Centre". The chairman since autumn 2005 is journalist Nils Ušakovs (the first chairman was Riga city councillor and head of the NCSergejs Dolgopolovs ).In the October 2006 elections, the party won 17 of 100 seats. It became the fourth largest party in Parliament and the second largest opposition party.Political Positions
Although Harmony Centre claims to be "the only political party in Latvia in which ethnic Latvians and Russian-speakers work together", almost all of Harmony Centre's members of parliament come from the Russian-speaking community of Latvia. Harmony Centre supports increased role for Russian language in education and public administration. It also supports changes in Latvia's citizenship that would award Latvian citizenship to a large number of non-citizens. Economically, Harmony Centre supports increased social spending, even if it results in Latvia running a
budget deficit .External links
Web site - [http://www.saskanascentrs.lv www.saskanascentrs.lv] (in Russian and Latvian).
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