Lithuanian People's Party
The Lithuanian People's Party (Lithuanian: Lietuvos liaudies partija) is a left-wing[3] political party in Lithuania. The party has had seven representatives at the municipal level[4][5] but no seats in either the Seimas or EP. The founder of the party, Kazimira Prunskienė, was the first prime minister of independent Lithuania.[6]
Lithuanian People's Party Lietuvos Liaudies Partija | |
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| Leader | Vaidotas Prunskus (acting) |
| Founded | April 20, 2003 |
| Headquarters | A. Stulginskio g. 4/7, Vilnius |
| Membership | 2500 |
| Ideology | Paternalistic conservatism Russophilia[1][2] Left-wing nationalism Hard euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Seimas | 0 / 141
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| European Parliament | 0 / 12
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| Municipal councils | 7 / 1,526
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The party signed a cooperation agreement with the biggest party in Russia, United Russia,[7] soon after its establishment and has been in active collaboration ever since.
The party participated in parliamentary elections in 2016 and 2020. It was the only political party during the 2020 election which supported the withdrawal of Lithuania from the European Union.[8]
References
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- "Lietuvos liaudies partija". www.vle.lt.
- http://www.ce-review.org/01/9/lithuanianews9.html
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- "Nationalists, Social Democratic Union and the centrists united to restore national policy". The Lithuania Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
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