Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"

The Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (Lithuanian: Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“; DSVL) is a Lithuanian political party founded on January 29, 2022 by Saulius Skvernelis, former Prime Minister of Lithuania.[3] The party described itself as being centre-left on economic policy[1] and centre-right on socio-cultural issues.

Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“
AbbreviationDSVL
ChairmanSaulius Skvernelis
Vice ChairpeopleLinas Kukuraitis
Rima Baškienė
Ausma Miškinienė
Darius Jasaitis
Lukas Savickas
Tomas Tomilinas
Vytautas Bakas
Domas Griškevičius
Founded29 January 2022 (2022-01-29)
Split fromLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Membership3368 (2022)
IdeologyGreen conservatism[1]
Social conservatism[1][2]
Political positionFiscal: Centre-left
Cultural: Centre-right
Colours  Blue
Seimas
16 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
44 / 1,461
Mayors
3 / 60
Website
demokratai.lt

History

After 2020 parliamentary elections, Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Disagreements had forced a split in the parliamentary group in late summer and early autumn of 2021 with former Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis joining the newly established Democrats' parliamentary group "For Lithuania" (although this split was speculated by the pundits as early as March 2021).[4]

By the end of 2021, LVŽS started losing members in municipalities' districts (e. g. Lazdijai district municipality mayor Ausma Miškinienė left it along with the almost all LVŽS members in the area).[5]

In municipal elections of 2023, the newly formed paty won over 6 per cent of the vote nationally. Performance was the best in those areas, where incumbent mayors joined the party.[6]

References
  1. Tracevičiūtė, Roberta. "Be intrigos – vedliu nauja partija pasirinko S.Skvernelį". 15min.lt.
  2. "Paaiškėjo įsteigtos Demokratų sąjungos "Vardan Lietuvos" valdymo organų nariai". www.lrytas.lt.
  3. Viluckas, BNS , Paulius. "Steigiama Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos", pirmininku išrinktas ekspremjeras S. Skvernelis". vz.lt.
  4. "Matas Baltrukevičius: Kodėl Skvernelio ir Karbauskio sąjunga gali žlugti?".
  5. "Prie Skvernelio politinės jėgos nusprendė jungtis ir Lazdijų rajono "valstiečiai" kartu su mere Miškiniene". 2 December 2021.
  6. https://www.vrk.lt/savivaldybiu-tarybu-ir-meru-2023/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/1304/1/1922/rezultatai/lt/rezultataiSavSuvestine1.html
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