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{{Short description|Political alliance in Latvia}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Union of Greens and Farmers
| native_name      = Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība
| abbreviation     = ZZS
| logo             = Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība Logo.svg
| chairman         = [[Viktors Valainis]]
| leader           = [[Aivars Lembergs]]
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| colours          = {{ubl|{{color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=silver}} Green|{{color box|#FBBD1E|border=silver}} Yellow}}
| founded          = {{Start date and age|2002|7|25|df=yes}}
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Agrarianism]]<ref name="osw"/>
 |[[Green conservatism]]<ref name="green1">{{cite web |title=The green formula: Key underlying factors for success of a green party |url=https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8873378&fileOId=8876333 |first=Karl |last=Holmberg |publisher=Lund University |page=4}}</ref>
 |[[Economic nationalism]]<ref name="pariah"/>
 |[[Soft Euroscepticism]]<ref name=":0"/>
}}
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]]{{cref|A}}
| membership_year  = 2017
| membership       = 2,254<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/whats-up-with-latvias-feeble-civic-engagement.a262962/|title=What's up with Latvia's feeble civic engagement?|date=3 January 2018 |access-date=1 July 2018|publisher=LSM.lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/latvija-partijas-daudzkart-mazak-biedru-neka-lietuva-un-igaunija.-kapec-ta.a262825/|title=Latvijā partijās daudzkārt mazāk biedru nekā Lietuvā un Igaunijā. Kāpēc tā?|date=2 January 2018 |access-date=1 July 2018|publisher=LSM.lv|language=lv}}</ref>
| headquarters     = Lielirbes iela 17a-30, [[Riga]]
| affiliation1_title = Members
| affiliation1     = {{ubl|[[Latvian Farmers' Union|LZS]]|[[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party|LSDSP]]|[[For Latvia and Ventspils|LuV]]|[[Daugavpils Municipality Party|DNP]]}}
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| seats1_title     = [[Saeima]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}
| seats2_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats3_title     = [[Administrative divisions of Latvia|Mayors]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|11|43|{{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Latvia
| footnotes        = {{cnote|A|The party is sometimes also described as a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] or a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] party.}}
}}

The '''Union of Greens and Farmers''' ({{langx|lv|Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība}}, '''ZZS''') is an [[agrarianism|agrarian]] [[political alliance]] in [[Latvia]].<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|title=Latvia|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|access-date=6 April 2019|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref> It is made up of the [[Latvian Farmers' Union]], [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]], and [[For Latvia and Ventspils]].

It is positioned in the [[Centrism|centre]]<ref name="cen1">{{Cite web|date=2016-01-13|title=Māris Kučinskis nominated as Latvian prime minister|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/maris-kucinskis-nominated-as-latvian-prime-minister/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Politico|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="cen2">{{Cite web|date=6 October 2018|title=Ethnic Russians have big influence in Latvian election|url=https://apnews.com/article/28cde561b5f8432e9521b2771a7da223|website=Associated Press}}</ref> on the political spectrum, sometimes also described as a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref name="Muller2012">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d33MfEFXvW8C&pg=PA814|title=Political Handbook of the World 2012|publisher=SAGE|year=2012|isbn=978-1-60871-995-2|editor=Tom Muller|page=814}}</ref><ref name="Tāre2">{{cite book|last=Tāre|first=Ineta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Tzpczz0dQcC|title=Labour Law in Latvia|publisher=Kluwer Law International|year=2010|isbn=978-90-411-3325-0|location=London|pages=15}}</ref> or a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] party.<ref name="osw">{{cite web |url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2018-10-10/parliamentary-elections-latvia-fragmentation-political-scene |title=Parliamentary elections in Latvia: the fragmentation of the political scene |date=10 October 2018 |first=Joanna |last=Hyndle-Hussein |website=[[Centre for Eastern Studies]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/laimdota-straujuma-latvias-prime-minister/ |title=Laimdota Straujuma: Latvia's prime minister |date=18 December 2014 |website=[[Politico]] |first=Cynthia |last=Kroet}}</ref> It is orientated towards [[Agrarianism|agrarian]],<ref name="osw"/> [[Conservatism|conservative]],<ref name="Daimer2006">{{cite book|author=Stephanie Daimer|chapter=Latvia and the EU constitution: a pragmatic "yes"|editor1=Thomas König|editor2=Simon Hug|title=Policy-Making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q71mSGokRyoC&pg=PA144|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-17336-5|page=144}}</ref> [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]],<ref name=":0" /> and [[green politics|green]] policies,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-08|title=Latvia poised to gain its first female prime minister|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/latvia-poised-to-gain-its-first-female-prime-minister/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Politico|language=en-US}}</ref> and can be considered a centrist [[Nordic agrarian]] alliance,<ref name="Tāre2" /> with [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[anti-liberal]] elements.<ref name="Galbreath2010">{{cite book|author1=David J. Galbreath|title=Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States: From Phosphate Springs to 'Nordstream'|author2=Daunis Auers|publisher=Routledge|year=2010|isbn=978-1-317-96590-9|editor=David J. Galbreath|page=63|chapter=Green, Black and Brown: Uncovering Latvia's Environmental Politics|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTWOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA63}}</ref><ref name="Sommers2014">{{cite book|author=Jeffrey Sommers|title=The Contradictions of Austerity: The Socio-Economic Costs of the Neoliberal Baltic Model|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-80014-9|editor1=Jeffrey Sommers|page=52|chapter=Austerity, internal devolution, and social (in)security in Latvia|editor2=Charles Woolfson|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pr9wAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Auers|first=Daunis|date=May 2012|title=The curious case of the Latvian Greens|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09644016.2012.671579|journal=Environmental Politics|language=en|volume=21|issue=3|pages=522–527|doi=10.1080/09644016.2012.671579|bibcode=2012EnvPo..21..522A |s2cid=144438163 |issn=0964-4016|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

While the alliance's formal leader is [[Edgars Tavars]], its leading figure and chief financial supporter is the oligarch [[Aivars Lembergs]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Goehring|first=Jeannette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drjJRxs2HRMC|title=Nations in Transit 2007: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2007|isbn=978-0-932088-26-0|location=London|page=404}}</ref> The ZZS has had the world's first prime minister, [[Indulis Emsis]] ([[Prime Minister of Latvia]] in 2004), and first head of state, [[Raimonds Vējonis]] ([[President of Latvia]] 2015–19), to be affiliated with a green party.<ref name="SchreursPapadakis2019">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0e4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA205|title=Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2019|isbn=978-1-5381-1960-0|editor1=Miranda Schreurs|page=205|editor2=Elim Papadakis}}</ref>

==History==
The alliance was established to contest the [[2002 Latvian parliamentary election|2002 parliamentary election]] by the [[Latvian Green Party]] (LZP) and [[Latvian Farmers' Union]] (LZS).<ref name="SchreursPapadakis2019"/> It ran on an ideologically amorphous agenda and won 12 out of 100 seats in the parliament. In March 2004, [[Indulis Emsis]] from the LZP became the [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] until December of that year.<ref name="SchreursPapadakis2019"/>

On a European level, the LZP cooperated with the [[European Green Party]] while the LZS has no formal affiliation. Before the [[2004 European Parliament election in Latvia|2004 European Parliament election]], ZZS announced that if its representative was elected, he or she would join one of two [[Political groups of the European Parliament|political groups]] depending on which party they belonged to.

The alliance continued for the [[2006 Latvian parliamentary election|2006 parliamentary election]], and won 18 seats. It became part of the governing coalition, and LZP chairman [[Indulis Emsis]], who served as Prime Minister briefly in 2004, became [[Speaker of the Saeima]].

[[Aivars Lembergs]] was the candidate of the Union of Greens and Farmers for the position of Prime Minister in 2006, before being charged with corruption, fraud, bribery, money laundering and abuse of elected office on 20 July 2006. On 14 March 2007, Lembergs was detained by the Latvian authorities in relation to a criminal investigation.

At the [[2014 European Parliament election in Latvia|2014 European Parliament election]], the ZZS won 8.3% of the vote and for the first time one of Latvia's European Parliament seats. Its [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] is [[Iveta Grigule]] who initially sat with the [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]] (EFFD) group. On 16 October 2014 Grigule defected from the EFDD to sit as an [[Non-Attached Members|independent]]. This move required EFDD to co-opt a member of Poland's [[Congress of the New Right]] to remain eligible for parliamentary group status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/efdd-group-collapses/|title=Farage's EFDD group collapses|work=European Voice |date=16 October 2014}}</ref> In April 2015 she joined the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (ALDE) group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/liberals-and-democrats-adopt-latvias-stray-mep.a127286/|title=Liberals and Democrats adopt Latvia's stray MEP|website=eng.lsm.lv}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Latvian presidential election|2015 presidential election]], the alliance's then-leader [[Raimonds Vējonis]] became [[President of Latvia]] and subsequently resigned his leadership of the alliance. In January 2016, after the resignation of Prime Minister [[Laimdota Straujuma]], Liepāja Party member [[Māris Kučinskis]] became the head of government. After the [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election]], ZZS lost ten seats and ultimately in 2019 became a part of the opposition to the [[First Kariņš cabinet|Kariņš cabinet]]. It stayed in opposition until 2023, when it became part of [[Siliņa cabinet|Evika Siliņa cabinet]].

=== Split, change of members ===
In early 2022, the alliance started to break apart, with the Green Party announcing that it sees no way of further cooperation with For Latvia and Ventspils, still led by oligarch Aivars Lembergs, and ultimately on 11 June 2022 it voted to leave the alliance, later joined by the Liepāja Party. In July, the Greens and the Liepāja Party joined the [[Latvian Association of Regions]] and a political NGO led by construction contractor [[Uldis Pīlēns]] in forming the [[United List (Latvia)|United List]] alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Latvian Green Party leaves Union of Greens and Parties |url=https://bnn-news.com/latvian-green-party-leaves-union-of-greens-and-parties-235426 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia |language=en-US}}</ref>

The departing parties were replaced with the [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]] (LSDSP), a rival of the 1920s and 1930s, who joined ZZS on June 1 and allowed it to retain its name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saeimas vēlēšanās Zemnieku savienības un LSDSP kopīgais premjera amata kandidāts būs Viktors Valainis |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/saeimas-velesanas-zemnieku-savienibas-un-lsdsp-kopigais-premjera-amata-kandidats-bus-viktors-valainis.a459588/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv}}</ref> The alliance once again announced Lembergs as their prime ministerial candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Union of Greens and Farmers picks Aivars Lembergs as PM candidate |url=https://bnn-news.com/union-of-greens-and-farmers-picks-aivars-lembergs-as-pm-candidate-236181 |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia |language=en-US}}</ref> The list won 16 seats, with two going to LSDSP, who returned to the Saeima for the first time since 2002.

==Ideology==
The Union of Greens and Farmers is based on similar sentimental feelings shared by the voters of the two groups. Latvians are supportive of traditional small farms and perceive them as more environmentally friendly than large-scale farming: Nature is threatened by development, while small farms are threatened by large industrial-scale farms. For example, after the [[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia|restoration of independence]], Latvia broke down [[Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944|Soviet-era]] [[Kolkhoz|collective farms]] and returned land to its original owners (or their descendants).<ref>{{cite news |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael |date=16 September 1991 |title=Reclaiming the Past in the Baltics : Property owners are getting back what the Soviets took away decades ago. That makes tenants and farmers nervous and fearful.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-16-mn-1696-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> This perception has resulted in an alliance between green and farmer's parties, which is rare in other countries.

The alliance is [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]],<ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=A Guide to Countries of the World |last=Stalker |first=Peter |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-920271-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetocountries0000stal/page/177 177] |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetocountries0000stal |url-access=registration }}</ref> although not opposed to [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|Latvian membership of the European Union]]. The ZZS opposed the [[Latvian euro coins|adoption of the euro by Latvia]]. The party opposes granting [[Non-citizens (Latvia)|non-citizens]] Latvian citizenship or voting rights in local elections.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Guide to Countries of the World |last1=Extra |first1=Guus |last2=Spotti |first2=Massimiliano Andrea |last3=van Avermaet |first3=Piet |year=2007 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-84706-345-8 |pages=47–48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPa8RSPa-6EC }}</ref> 

On social issues, the party has taken a traditionally conservative approach, opposing [[same-sex marriage]] and instead favouring [[civil union|civil unions]] for same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 November 2023 |title= Saeima pieņem neprecēto pāru partnerības regulējumu; opozīcija mēģinās sarīkot referendumu|url= https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/09.11.2023-saeima-pienem-nepreceto-paru-partneribas-regulejumu-opozicija-meginas-sarikot-referendumu.a530999/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref> It supports [[abortion]] rights for up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and has voted to ratify the [[Istanbul Convention]] for preventing violence against women, despite having initially expressed skepticism over the convention’s use of the term “[[gender]]” and potential redefinition of [[marriage]] outside of that of a union of a man and a woman.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://zzs.lv/sadarbiba |title=ZZS: Sadarbība|work=ZZS|date=3 December 2023}}</ref> However, the party is also environmentalist and follows [[green politics]], stressing the need for sustainable and ecological economic policy, reducing environmental waste and for a transitation away from fossil fuel energy sources, in favor of renewable energy.<ref>{{cite book |page=182 |title=The European Parliament Elections of 2019 |chapter=Latvia: EUropean expertise matters |first1=Janis |last1=Ikstens |editor1=Lorenzo De Sio |editor2=Mark N. Franklin |editor3=Luana Russo |year=2019 |publisher=Luiss University Press |isbn=978-88-6105-424-0 |url=https://iris.luiss.it/bitstream/11385/186790/1/2019%20EP%20Elections.pdf}}</ref>

Economically, the party is populist, adhering to the principles of [[economic nationalism]]. It is also opposed to [[economic liberalism]] in favor of more redistributive policies.<ref name="pariah">{{cite book |title=Pariahs or Partners? Patterns of Government Formation with Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe, 1990-2020 |first=Oliver |last=Kossack |series=Edition Politik |year=2023 |volume=153 |publisher=Majuskel Medienproduktion GmbH |location=Bielefeld |isbn=978-3-8394-6715-2 |doi=10.14361/9783839467152 |issn=2702-9050 |page=172}}</ref> It opposes spending cuts, especially to welfare, pensions and healthcare - instead, the party proposes to extend the Latvian safety net, and promotes popular welfare measures.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1017/9781108652780.011 |first=Edgars |last=Eihmanis |title=European Party Politics in Times of Crisis |chapter=Latvia – an Ever-Wider Gap: The Ethnic Divide in Latvian Party Politics |editor1=Swen Hutter |editor2=Hanspeter Kriesi |year=2019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=236–258 |volume=11 |isbn=978-1-108-65278-0 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/european-party-politics-in-times-of-crisis/latvia-an-everwider-gap-the-ethnic-divide-in-latvian-party-politics/BF2993774515321E88DB0968538F2C97|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 
==Members==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 width=225px | Name
! Ideology
! Position
! Leader
! [[Saeima]]
! [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}; width:2px;"|
| [[Latvian Farmers' Union]]<br /><small>Latvijas Zemnieku savienība</small>
| [[Agrarianism]]<br>[[Conservatism]]
| [[Centrism|Centre]]
| [[Armands Krauze]]
| {{Composition bar|11|100|{{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|For Latvia and Ventspils}}; width:2px;"|
| [[For Latvia and Ventspils]]{{refn|Cooperation agreement with the alliance, not formal member|group=nb}}<br /><small>Latvijai un Ventspilij</small>
| [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]
| [[Centrism|Centre]]
| [[Aivars Lembergs]]
| {{Composition bar|2|100|{{party color|For Latvia and Ventspils}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|For Latvia and Ventspils}}}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party}}; width:2px;"|
| [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]]<br /><small>Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija</small>
| [[Social democracy]]
| [[Centre-left]]
| [[Jānis Dinevičs]]
| {{Composition bar|2|100|{{party color|Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party}}}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}; width:2px;"|
| colspan=4 width=225px | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| {{Composition bar|1|100|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}}}
|}

===Former Members===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 width=225px | Name
! Ideology
! Position
! Leader
! Time
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Latvian Green Party}}; width:2px;"|
| [[Latvian Green Party]]<br /><small>Latvijas Zaļā partija</small>
| [[Green politics]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]
| [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]
| [[Edgars Tavars]]
| 2002–2022
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Liepāja Party}}; width:2px;"|
| [[Liepāja Party]]{{refn|Cooperation agreement with the alliance, not formal member|group=nb}}<br /><small>Liepājas Partija</small>
| [[Localism (politics)|Localism]]
| [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| [[Uldis Sesks]]
| 2004–2022
|}

==Election results==
===Legislative elections===
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! rowspan=2 |Election
! rowspan=2 |Leader
! colspan=5 |Performance
! rowspan=2 |Rank
! rowspan=2 |Government
|-
! Votes
! %
! ± pp
! Seats
! +/–
|-
! [[2002 Latvian parliamentary election|2002]]
| align=left|[[Ingrīda Ūdre]]
| 93,759
| 9.47
| New
| {{Composition bar|12|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| New
| 5th
| {{yes2|[[Repše cabinet|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2006 Latvian parliamentary election|2006]]
| align=left rowspan=2 |[[Aivars Lembergs]]
| 151,595
| 16.81
| {{increase}} 7.34
| {{Composition bar|18|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{yes2|[[Second Kalvītis cabinet|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2010 Latvian parliamentary election|2010]]
| 190,025
| 20.11
| {{increase}} 3.30
| {{Composition bar|22|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{yes2|[[Second Dombrovskis cabinet|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2011 Latvian parliamentary election|2011]]
| align=left rowspan=2 |[[Raimonds Vējonis]]
| 111,957
| 12.33
| {{decrease}} 7.78
| {{Composition bar|13|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{decrease}} 9
| {{decrease}} 5th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Latvian parliamentary election|2014]]
| 178,210
| 19.66
| {{increase}} 7.33
| {{Composition bar|21|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{increase}} 8
| {{increase}} 3rd
| {{yes2|[[Second Straujuma cabinet|Coalition]]}}
|-
! [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election|2018]]
| align=left| [[Māris Kučinskis]]
| 83,675
| 9.97
| {{decrease}} 9.69
| {{Composition bar|11|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{decrease}} 6th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[2022 Latvian parliamentary election|2022]]
| rowspan=2 align=left| [[Aivars Lembergs]]
| rowspan=2|113,676
| rowspan=2|12.58
| rowspan=2|{{increase}} 2.61
| rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|16|100|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| rowspan=2|{{increase}} 5
| rowspan=2|{{increase}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}} <small>(2022-2023)</small>
|-
| {{yes2|[[Siliņa cabinet|Coalition]]}} <small>(2023-)</small>
|-
|}

===European Parliament elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! Election
! List leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! EP Group
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Latvia|2004]]
| rowspan=2 |[[:lv:Baiba Rivža|Baiba Rivža]]
| 24,467
| 4.28 (#8)
| {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| New
| rowspan=2 |–
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Latvia|2009]]
| 29,463
| 3.79 (#10)
| {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Latvia|2014]]
| [[Andris Bērziņš (politician, 1955)|Andris Bērziņš]]
| 36,637	
| 8.32 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy|EFDD]] {{small|(2014)}}<br/>''[[Non-Inscrits|NI]]'' {{small|(2014-2015)}}<br/>[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]] {{small|(2015-2019)}}
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Latvia|2019]]
| [[Dana Reizniece-Ozola]]
| 25,252	
| 5.37 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan=2 |–
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Latvia|2024]]
| [[Harijs Rokpelnis]]
| 11,852	
| 2.30 (#9)
| {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|Union of Greens and Farmers}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.zzs.lv/ Union of Greens and Farmers Official Website]

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