The Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Silina, said that she was willing to sacrifice her coalition to ensure support for the EUR30 million euro (USD35.4 million) short-term loan to airBaltic (BT, Riga). This comes after the key coalition partner, the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS), reportedly demanded the ousting of minister of transport, Kaspars Briškens, as a condition for supporting the loan. Briškens represents the Progressives party, the coalition junior partner, without whom Silina's New Unity (JV) and the ZZS would no longer have the majority in the parliament. The government approved the loan on March 31, but the parliament has deferred the vote confirming the financing.