ACRE lead candidate Jan Zahradil visited Riga, in Latvia as part of his Retune the EU tour from 25th to 26th April. He delivered a key note speech at the ACRE Riga Meeting 2019 organised together with ACRE member party, The National Alliance, and discussed foreign policy with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the LatvianParliament Rihards Kols.
Jan Zahradil also met the Agriculture Minister Kaspars Gerhards with whom he spoke about the Common Agriculture Policy and the issues of underfunded farmers Latvia is dealing with. With Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Latvian Saeima they agreed that Central and Eastern Europe countries together with Baltic States must be more listened to in the EU because they bring to the table a unique historical experience and a different perspective.