Freedom Party (Lithuania)

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Freedom Party
Laisvės partija
AbbreviationLP
ChairpersonTomas Vytautas Raskevičius
Vice ChairpeopleRomualdas Bakutis
Daniel Ilkevič
Deimantė Kačinskienė
Vytautas Mitalas
Iveta Paludnevičiūtė
FoundersAušrinė Armonaitė, Remigijus Šimašius and others
Founded1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
Split fromLiberal Movement
Membership (2022)3,313
Ideology
Political positionCentre[A]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Colours  Pink and   yellow
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Municipal councils
12 / 1,473
Mayors
0 / 60
Website
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The Freedom Party[5][6] (Lithuanian: Laisvės partija) is a political party in Lithuania placed in the centre[2][3][7] on the political spectrum, founded on 1 June 2019 by former Liberal Movement member Aušrinė Armonaitė. She was leader from 2019 until 2024. Leader since 30 November 2024 is Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius.

History

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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.[8]

By the summer and autumn of 2019, the party established its branches in cities and their surrounding municipalities.[9]

The party was accepted as a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in October 2019.[10] The party saw success in 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election and obtained 11 seats. After this, the party formed a coalition with the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement and delegated three ministers - Armonaitė, Ewelina Dobrowolska and Marius Skuodis - to the Šimonytė Cabinet.

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

Platform

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The Freedom Party has been described as liberal,[1][2] neoliberal,[12] social liberal,[13] and libertarian.[14]

The party supports LGBT rights,[18] the legalisation of same-sex unions in Lithuania,[14] and has a goal to remove restrictions on the personal use of cannabis in Lithuania.[14]

In regards to economics, the party is extremely economically liberal and advocates for policies such as cutting taxes and loosening the labour code.[19]

The party supports European integration and recognizing the statehood of Taiwan (Republic of China) as a country separate from the People's Republic of China, and is strongly opposed to Russian aggression in Ukraine.[20] It supports the European Green Deal.[21]

Within the Šimonytė Cabinet, it criticized its coalition partners, namely the Homeland Union and the Liberal Movement, for insufficient adherence to progressivism, as well as their "left-wing tax policy".[22]

Election results

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Seimas

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Election Leader Votes[a] % Seats +/– Government
2020 Aušrinė Armonaitė 107,057 9.45 (#5)
11 / 141
 New Coalition
2024 55,845 4.62 (#7)
0 / 141
 Decrease 11 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ Proportional representation votes.

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2024 Dainius Žalimas 54,797 8.10 (#4)
1 / 11
 Increase 1 RE

Seimas members (2020–2024)

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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

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References

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