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Our firm joined 10 chambers of commerce for a debate between the mayoral candidates about issues important to the foreign business community.On May 14th, members of 10 foreign chambers met with the mayoral candidates for Riga municipal election 2013 and their representatives to discuss issues important for the investors, entrepreneurs and the entire foreign business community in Riga. Joining the discussion were Baiba Broka, mayoral candidate from National Alliance, representatives Ilona Platonova (Reform Party), Peteris Viņķelis (Unity) and Maris Slokenbergs (Green Party). The panel was moderated by Ivars Ijabs, Associate Professor of Political Science of University of Latvia.
Over 110 entrepreneurs, investors and managers from the American, Belgium, British, Canadian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Irish, Norwegian and Swedish chambers joined the discussion with mayoral candidate Baiba Broka (National Alliance), representatives of mayoral candidates Ilona Platonova (Reform party), Maris Slokenbergs (Latvian Green party) and Pēteris Viņķelis (Unity). Unfortunately, some of the candidates decided to withdraw their participation at the last minute, despite the fact that their confirmation had been received for more than a month prior to the event with one exception negotiated before.
Attracting investment and improving business environment is one of the top priorities of every party invited to participate in the debate. EU citizens who have registered their residence in Latvia are eligible to take part in the municipal election. We wish to thank the party representatives who took part at the event to share their vision on the economic development of Riga and high value-added investments.
-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Latvia
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