Nowadays, the Harmony Party supports making naturalization and citizenship for some categories of non-citizens easier to obtain. The Latvian Russian Union, supportive of these steps, also supports the idea of a "zero option", or giving citizenship for all "non-citizens" unconditionally. On the other side, the National Alliance calls for a halt to naturalization. Most of the ruling parties support the "status quo". LPP and LC claimed in 2007, that they support voting rights for non-citizens in local elections, but offered a referendum on the issue in 2009, to be held at the same time as local elections, and don't support the respective proposals in Parliament now.