CENTER-RIGHT PARTY IN LATVIA - AFTER ENACTING SEVERE AUSTERITY MEASURES - WINS THIRD TERM BY HUGE MARGIN
BBC: Latvia's centre-right government will be returned to power for a third term, exit polls and early results suggest.
HE'S THE LATVIAN CHRIS CHRISTIE.If the results are confirmed, the coalition led by Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis would have a majority in parliament for the first time.
His government pushed through some of the toughest austerity measures in Europe, backed by the IMF and aimed at readying the country to join the euro.
They include wage cuts averaging 30% at a time when unemployment stands at 20%.
Mr Dombrovskis' supporters began celebrating a short time after the polls closed on Saturday evening, says the BBC's Damian McGuinness in the capital, Riga.
SERIOUSLY: IT PROVES THAT AUSTERITY CAN WIN ELECTIONS.
VOTERS CAN NO LONGER BE BOUGHT WITH BIG SPENDING.
AND GOVERNMENT UNIONS HAD BETTER WATCH OUT!
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