The Power Struggle Has Dragged On. What Went Wrong?

Realizing that Andris Kulbergs would create a government only "from two" parties, namely the United List and the National Alliance, the politicians of the National Alliance decided to... flex their muscles. Specifically, to show the Prime Minister and Co. that the National Alliance also has its own priorities and is not satisfied with the package of power that was offered to them. According to rumors, Kulbergs effectively met the condition of the National Alliance and agreed to keep Janis Dombrovski as the Minister of the Interior. But with one "addition" - the issues of labor migration from the Ministry of the Interior are transferred to the Ministry of Economics. Unofficial information suggests that this is completely unacceptable to the National Alliance. After all, limiting migration is one of the priorities of the National Alliance and personally of Dombrovski. The National Alliance also objects to the portfolio assigned to them - the Minister of Welfare. Kulbergs, as part of the optimization of ministries, wants to merge the Ministry of Welfare and the Ministry of Health next year, and there is a risk that either the National Alliance will lose one ministerial portfolio, or... this party will have to take on the responsibility for the Ministry of Health, which the politicians of the National Alliance absolutely do not want. Thus, the United List will either have to abandon plans to merge these two ministries or "give" the National Alliance another ministerial portfolio. The National Alliance may also retain the post of Minister of Culture. In any case, Kulbergs' hopes of reaching an agreement on forming a coalition by Saturday were not fulfilled. However, theoretically, there is still a chance to finalize everything by Monday inclusive, so that on Tuesday, a day before the public holiday, the new government can be approved in the Saeima.