The Freedom Party ( lt, Laisvės partija) is a political party in Lithuania, founded on 1 June 2019 and led by former Liberal Movement member

Aušrinė Armonaitė Aušrinė Armonaitė (born 26 May 1989) is a Lithuanian politician who is the current chairperson of the Freedom Party since 2019. Previously a member of the Liberal Movement and a vice chairperson from 2017 until 2018, Armonaitė was first ele ...

History

The party has its roots in Vilnius mayor Remigijus Šimašius's list "For

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, 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. By the summer and autumn of 2019, the party established its branches in cities and their surrounding municipalities. The party was accepted as a full member of the

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in October 2019. The party saw success in 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election and obtained 11 seats. After this, the party joined coalition with the

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and Liberal Movement. On 11 December 2021, the Freedom Party officially became a full member of the ALDE Party.

Platform

According to Freedom Party's program, the party stands for the following: * No new taxes * Legalising

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by the year

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* Decriminalising drugs * Possibility to perform

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as a

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, e.g. in hospitals or school * Recognizing the statehood of

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as a country separate from the

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Election results

Seimas

Seimas members (2020–2024)

References