The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, began her tour of seven countries on the EU’s eastern flank on Friday 29 August, with her first stop in Riga. She met the Latvian Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, with whom she discussed the security challenges facing the country and the Union as a whole.
“[A] stronger Europe means [a] stronger Latvia”, argued Ms Silina. In her view, the countries to the east of the continent that border Russia or Belarus should be given...