Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
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The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga, LVŽS)[nb 1] is a green-conservative[1] and agrarian[5] political party in Lithuania led by Ramūnas Karbauskis. The party is considered one of the main representatives of the left wing of Lithuanian politics.[7] Lithuanian journalist Virgis Valentinavicius described the party as "the mixture of the extreme left in economic matters and the extreme right in some social issues, all spiced up with an anti-establishment rhetoric of radical change".[4]
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Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga | |
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Abbreviation | LVŽS |
Chairperson | Ramūnas Karbauskis |
First Vice Chairman | Aurelijus Veryga |
Vice Chairpeople | Ligita Girskienė Kristina Kirslienė Arvydas Nekrošius Aušrinė Norkienė Bronis Ropė Giedrius Surplys |
Founder | Kazimiera Prunskienė |
Founded | 2001 (Union of Peasants and New Democratic Parties) |
Merger of | Lithuanian Peasants Party New Democracy Party |
Headquarters | Gedimino pr. 28, Vilnius |
Membership | 3,741 (2023) |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left[7][8] to left-wing[7][9] |
European Parliament group | Union for Europe of the Nations (2004–2009) Greens/EFA (since 2014) |
Colours | Green |
Seimas | 19 / 141 |
European Parliament (Lithuanian seats) | 2 / 11 |
Municipal councils | 185 / 1,498 |
Mayors | 8 / 60 |
Website | |
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Following the 2020 parliamentary election, the LVŽS has been in opposition to the Šimonytė Cabinet. The party's two MEPs sit in the Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament. Founded in 2001 as the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, (Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, LVLS), the party's symbol since 2012 has been the white stork.