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Before his tenure as Prime Minister, Krišjānis Kariņš served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019. During his time in the European Parliament, he was a member of the New Unity party and the European People's Party (EPP) group. He primarily focused on economic and financial issues, serving as a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Budgets.