{"id":6673,"date":"2024-05-27T00:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/organizaciju-zina\/top-10-reasons-to-vote-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:01:28","slug":"top-10-reasons-to-vote-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections","status":"publish","type":"organizaciju-zina","link":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/en\/organizaciju-zina\/top-10-reasons-to-vote-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reasons to Vote in the European Parliamentary Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">10. If you are a citizen of Latvia, you are a citizen of Europe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">9. 80% of Latvian laws are based on decisions of the European Union &#8211; the European Parliament influences Latvia.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">8. Because this is your opportunity to have your say! EP elections are held only once every five years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">7. to elect the best MEPs to work for Latvia and Europe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">6. Because elected MEPs from Latvia shape Latvia&#8217;s image in Europe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">5. If the diaspora were to participate in the same numbers as in the Latvian parliamentary elections, it could radically change the results.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">4. Your vote is worth almost twice as much as in the Latvian parliamentary elections.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">3. To show support for Ukraine and to take votes away from pro-Putin parties<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2. Every vote cast for a pro-European party reduces the chance of a pro-Russian party breaking the 5% barrier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">1. <strong>BE<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">CAUSE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">YOU<\/span> <span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">LOVE<\/span><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\"> L<\/span><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">ATVIA<\/span><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">In-person voting take place on Saturday 8. June, from 8:00 to 20:00: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">Canadian Latvian Centre Toronto, 4 Credit Union Drive, Toronto <\/span><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">M4A 2N8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #2d2828;\">Embassy of Latvia in Canada, 350 Sparks St. #1200, Ottawa K1R 7S8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[416],"tags":[],"home-page-display-option":[],"class_list":["post-6673","organizaciju-zina","type-organizaciju-zina","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ep-elections-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false],"large":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/lnak.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-05-27-EU-voting-map.png",262,192,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"ADMIN","author_link":"https:\/\/lnak.net\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"10. 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