Freedom Party
Laisvės Partija
AbbreviationLP
ChairwomanAušrinė Armonaitė
First Vice ChairmanVytautas Mitalas
Vice ChairpeopleTomas Vytautas Raskevičius
Monika Ošmianskienė
Ieva Pakarklytė
Tomas Lekavičius
Founded1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
Split fromLiberal Movement
Membership3313 (2022)
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2][5][6][a]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours  Pink and   yellow
Seimas
10 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
13 / 1,473
Mayors
0 / 60
Website
www.laisvespartija.lt
^ a: It has been also described as a centre-left[5] and a centre-right party.[7]

The Freedom Party[8][9] (Lithuanian: Laisvės partija) is a political party in Lithuania, founded on 1 June 2019 and led by former Liberal Movement member Aušrinė Armonaitė.

History

The party has its roots in Vilnius mayor Remigijus Šimašius's list "For Vilnius, which we are proud of!", which won the Lithuanian capital's council and mayoral election. In November 2018 Aušrinė Armonaitė announced intentions to found a new party.[10]

By the summer and autumn of 2019, the party established its branches in cities and their surrounding municipalities.[11]

The party was accepted as a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in October 2019.[12] The party saw success in 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election and obtained 11 seats. After this, the party joined coalition with the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement.

On 11 December 2021, the Freedom Party officially became a full member of the ALDE Party.[13]

Platform

According to Freedom Party's program, the party stands for the following:[14][15]

Election results

Seimas

Election Votes[a] % Seats +/– Government
2020 107,057 9.4 (#5)
10 / 141
 New Coalition
  1. ^ Proportional representation votes.

Seimas members (2020–2024)

Parliamentarian Previous mandate Current mandate from Constituency
Artūras Žukauskas - 2020 Nationwide
Aušrinė Armonaitė 2016 2020 Lithuanians abroad
Ewelina Dobrowolska - 2020 Nationwide
Ieva Pakarklytė - 2020 Nationwide
Kasparas Adomaitis - 2020 Nationwide
Marius Matijošaitis - 2020 Savanoriai
Monika Ošmianskienė - 2020 Nationwide
Morgana Danielė - 2020 Nationwide
Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius - 2020 Nationwide
Vytautas Mitalas - 2020 Nationwide

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conservatives top Lithuania's party rankings". Lithuanian National Television and Radio. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. ^ a b "Samoškaitė: How did the Freedom Party indirectly organise the Family Defence March?". Lithuania Tribune. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Media Monitoring in Lithuania". The Beacon Project. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  5. ^ a b O'Leary, Naomi (2022-08-03). "Why Lithuania is willing to risk China's fury". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-08-27. ...conservative-liberal Liberal Movement, and centre/centre-left Freedom Party when it came to power in 2020.
  6. ^ "Lithuania country profile". BBC. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-01-06. [...] and two centrist groups, the Freedom Party and Liberal Movement.
  7. ^ "Lithuania Has Voted for Change". Konrad Adenauer Foundation. October 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-06. [...] the centre-right parties (TS-LKD, LP, LRLS) voted into the Seimas were reluctant to address the issue of coalition formation.
  8. ^ "New liberal party to be founded in Lithuania". 17 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Home". laisvespartija.lt.
  10. ^ "Konkurentų prognozės gimstančiai naujai partijai".
  11. ^ "Laisvės partija įsteigė Kauno skyrių | KaunoDiena.lt".
  12. ^ https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties-1[dead link]
  13. ^ "ALDE Party – Liberals and Democrats for Europe on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  14. ^ "Programa". Laisvės Partija (in Lithuanian). 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  15. ^ "Laisvės partijos" (PDF). www.laisvespartija.lt. 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-23.


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