| | Human Rights in Latvia in 2003 |
 | | The coalition government consisted of four parties the prime ministers New Era (27 mandates), Latvias First Party (9), the Union of Greens and Farmers (12) and Fatherland and Freedom/Latvian National Independence Movement (7). |
 | | While the Peoples Harmony Party announced its intentions of establishing itself as a West European style social democratic party and clearly announced its pro- European Union stance, more radical members of the union remained together until June, when the Latvian Socialist Party established its own faction with 5 deputies. |
 | | The crisis within the People’s Harmony Party continued, and at the end of the year, although the parliamentary faction still retained 9 members, some important non-parliamentary members left the party. |
| www.humanrights.org.lv /html/news/publications/human_rights2003.html (478 words) |