Latvia joined the European Union on 1 May&nbsp;2004 and has been a member of the Schengen area since 21 December 2007. It became a member of the Euro area on 1 January 2014.

Latvia is a parliamentary republic with a head of government - the Prime Minister - who chooses the council of ministers and a head of state - the President - who has a largely ceremonial role and nominates the Prime Minister.

The government is subject to Parliament's approval throughout each term.

The country is subdivided into 110 one-level municipalities and 9 cities. These each have their own city councils and municipal administrations.

There are 8 Members of the European Parliament from Latvia.

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Official visit by David SASSOLI, EP President to Latvia: bilateral meeting with Ināra MURNIECE, Speaker of the Saeima (Latvian Parliament), Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia, discussion with youth representatives

Infoclip: European Union Capitals - Riga, Latvia

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of home voting in Riga (Latvia)

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling station inside the Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka (National Library) in Riga (Latvia)

20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: extracts from the ceremony

20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: extracts from the arrivals

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia): extracts from the speech and Town Hall discussion with young Latvians

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) - Town Hall discussion with young Latvians, organised by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) - meeting with Evika SILIŅA, Latvian Prime Minister and Krišjanis KARIŅŠ, Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs: arrival, meeting and extracts from the press point

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) - Meeting with Krišjanis KARIŅŠMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) - meeting with Edgars RINKĒVIČS, President of the Republic of Latvia: arrival and meeting

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) -  Meeting with Evika SILINA, Latvian Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Riga (Latvia) - meeting with Daiga MIERINA, Speaker of the Saeima (Latvian Parliament): arrival, meeting and extracts from the press point

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and by Edgars RINKĒVIČS, President of Latvia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the Meeting of the European Political Community, in Granada (Spain): meeting with Evika SILIŅA, Latvian Prime Minister, Maia SANDU, President of Moldova and Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Krišjanis KARIŅŠ, Latvian Prime Minister

Joint Press Point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia

Visit of Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia to the European Parliament: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the Formal sitting

Formal sitting: address by Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Latvia: extracts from the Youth discussion at the Riga Technical University conference centre

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Latvia: visit to the Rail Baltica Project and meeting with Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Latvia: flower-laying ceremony at the Monument of Freedom and meeting with Krišjanis KARIŅŠ, Latvian Prime Minister

Joint Press briefing by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and by Inara MURNIECE, Speaker of the Saeima

Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the Saeima - Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

LIBE delegation to Latvia and Lithuania: visit of the detention Centre of Daugavpils and Silene borders with Belarus (Latvia)

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