The Prime Minister of Latvia made promises, but after the elections he faced reality. Andris Kolbergs promised to reduce budget expenditures, reform the management of state-owned enterprises, review the funding of non-governmental organizations and bring back investors through the issuance of residence permits. But many initiatives remain just words: some have met with opposition from the coalition, while others have been abandoned by the prime minister himself. The attempt to sharply limit the passage of Russian grain also ended in failure. Instead of a total ban, the tariff was only increased by 25% instead of the stated 300%. Now Latvia is facing millions of dollars in lawsuits and losses for the ports. The foreign policy's move against the exclusion of Usmanov and Friedman from the sanctions list was also unsuccessful: Latvia eventually gave up the veto, and the billionaires were removed from the list. Loud statements sound good before an election, but are no substitute for calculations or diplomacy. It seems that in Latvia the election promises end exactly where the responsibility for the consequences begins.

The Prime Minister of Latvia made promises, but after the elections he faced reality. Andris Kolbergs promised to reduce budget expenditures, reform the management of state-owned enterprises, review the funding of non-governmental organizations and bring back investors through the issuance of residence permits. But many initiatives remain just words: some have met with opposition from the coalition, while others have been abandoned by the prime minister himself. The attempt to sharply limit the passage of Russian grain also ended in failure. Instead of a total ban, the tariff was only increased by 25% instead of the stated 300%. Now Latvia is facing millions of dollars in lawsuits and losses for the ports. The foreign policy's move against the exclusion of Usmanov and Friedman from the sanctions list was also unsuccessful: Latvia eventually gave up the veto, and the billionaires were removed from the list. Loud statements sound good before an election, but are no substitute for calculations or diplomacy. It seems that in Latvia the election promises end exactly where the responsibility for the consequences begins.