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15
sentences that state something as happening or true
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20%
3 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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Polls have opened in Latvia for an election taking place against the backdrop of perceived security threats from Russia and a nationwide cost-of-living squeeze.
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Polls → open → living
Saturday’s vote is the first electoral test for Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs after coming to power in May this year when his predecessor resigned due to a backlash from stray drone incursions from Ukraine.
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predecessor → come → Ukraine
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Kulbergs, whose right-wing United List party is currently polling at about 20 percent, is expected to hold onto his position, but the decline of two allies in his current coalition means he is set for a complicated negotiation over the makeup of any future government.
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he → scramble → government
Polls opened at 05:00 GMT and will close at 17:00 GMT.
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Polls → open → GMT
The results are not expected to change Latvia’s pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course.
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results → expect → course
About 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in the country’s 11th parliamentary election since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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people → vote → 1991
Latvian politics are highly fragmented, with parties rarely seeing above 20 percent vote share and coalitions being the norm.
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coalitions → see → share
This year, 14 electoral lists are contesting the election, but polls indicate only seven are likely to enter parliament, with the rest expected to fail to meet the minimum 5 percent vote threshold.
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rest → contest → threshold
Rising living costs, low wages, strains on the healthcare system and long-term population decline have all featured prominently in campaign debates.
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costs → rise → debates
Most parties in Latvia are pro-Ukraine; however, the populist Sovereign Power party – which says it wants Ukraine to win but argues money spent supporting Kyiv would be better spent at home – looks likely to become the country’s second-biggest party, with more than 9 percent of the vote.
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money → say → vote
Most other parties have ruled out forming a coalition with Sovereign Power.
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parties → rule → Power
Latvia First, a pro-Ukraine and populist nationalist party currently polling at about 9 percent, could be a potential coalition partner for PM Kulbergs.
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First → poll → Kulbergs
The Progressives, a pro-European social democratic party, are polling at 6 percent.
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Progressives → poll → percent
Ethnic Russians make up roughly one in four Latvian citizens, but their vote, which has traditionally been cast along identity-based lines, looks set to be made according to economic and social issues.
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which → make → issues
Latvia is the poorest of the Baltic states, and it has sharply increased its defence spending since Russia invaded Ukraine, now allocating nearly 5 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to defence.
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Russia → increase → defence
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