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“I voted for the Liberal Motion. An excellent situation is to take care of continuity and have one MEP, an excellent situation is to have two. I feel that realistically, it will be an excellent situation,” V. Čmilytė-Nielsen informed reporters on Tuesday in Lukiškiau Sq..
In line with her, in these elections, citizen participation in voting can turn into a giant problem.
“Exercise is, after all, a giant problem. We will see this from the considerably tiredness of the folks after the elections which have simply handed. Nevertheless, I actually strongly invite everybody to take part as actively as potential within the EP elections, as a result of they’re essential. One of the vital essential in the previous couple of a long time. (…) Lithuania’s important curiosity is for the EP to stay an essential safeguard of liberal democracy”, defined V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
The Speaker of the Seimas emphasised that there aren’t any radical political forces within the Lithuanian Parliament, though such tendencies are noticed in different European nations.
“We see radical forces rising stronger in Europe, and Lithuania is an distinctive nation, as a result of we do not have that pattern but, they do not exist within the parliament. We see solely its beginnings. That is one other incentive for these events that very clearly stand for European values, for the safety of liberal democracy, for human rights, for the rule of legislation,” she mentioned.
ELTA reminds that early voting within the European Parliament (EP) elections started in Lithuania on Tuesday. This 12 months, 14 political events and one coalition put ahead the lists of candidates for the EP.
A complete of two,386,422 voters have the appropriate to vote within the EP elections. The listing of voters consists of voters who’ve declared their place of residence in Lithuania or registered to vote overseas.
In comparison with 2019 elections to the EP, this 12 months the variety of voters decreased by 4.2 %. that’s 104 thousand 120 voters.
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