Fear still sells. What marked the election campaign in Latvia

Security, immigration, and the Istanbul Convention were the main topics of Latvia’s parliamentary election this year. While the first concerns almost everyone amid an increasingly fragile geopolitical situation, the other two were largely pushed to the forefront by politicians, including through unfounded fearmongering and outright disinformation. Re:Baltica analyses the main narratives and methods political parties used in the battle for voters before the October 3rd elections.





