Freedom and Justice

For other political parties with similar names, see Freedom and Justice Party (disambiguation).
Freedom and Justice
Laisvė ir teisingumas
AbbreviationPLT
LeaderArtūras Zuokas
FounderArtūras Zuokas
Founded12 July 2014 (2014-07-12) (as the Lithuanian Freedom Union)
6 June 2020 (as Freedom and Justice)
Merger ofLiCS, YES (2014)
Order and Justice, Movement Forward, Lithuania (2020)
HeadquartersVilnius
Membership4,569 (2022)
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[5] to right-wing[3]
ColoursSelective yellow and Persian blue
Seimas
1 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
55 / 1,498
Mayors
2 / 60
Website
laisve-teisingumas.lt
Logo of the party before its merger with Order and Justice

Freedom and Justice (Lithuanian: Laisvė ir Teisingumas, PLT), known until 6 June 2020 as the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai)), is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania. It holds soft eurosceptic views.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nordsieck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Zuokas, Žemaitaitis and Paulauskas founded a new party and expect several dozen seats at the Seimas". Tricksfast. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Litauen vor der Parlamentswahl - Spannungsarmer Wahlkampf im Schatten von Covid". Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Wenn am nächsten Sonntag Europawahl wäre (März 2022): Aufstieg der Newcomer". foederalist.eu. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. ^ Šuliokas, Justinas (20 September 2020). "Who's who in Lithuania's 2020 parliamentary election – explainer". LRT. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Lithuania".