The Freedom Party () is a political party in Lithuania placed in the centre on the political spectrum, founded on 1 June 2019 by former Liberal Movement member Aušrinė Armonaitė. She was leader from 2019 until 2024. Vytautas Mitalas has been the party's leader since 11 March 2026.
History The party has its roots in Vilnius mayor Remigijus Šimašius's list "For Vilnius, 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 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in October 2019.https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties-1 The party saw success in 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election and obtained 11 seats. After this, the party formed a coalition with the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement and delegated three ministers - Armonaitė, Ewelina Dobrowolska and Marius Skuodis - to the Šimonytė Cabinet.
On 11 December 2021, the Freedom Party officially became a full member of the ALDE Party.
Platform The Freedom Party has been described as liberal, neoliberal, social liberal, and libertarian.
The party supports LGBT rights, the legalisation of same-sex unions in Lithuania, and has a goal to remove restrictions on the personal use of cannabis in Lithuania.
In regards to economics, the party is extremely economically liberal and advocates for policies such as cutting taxes and loosening the labour code.
The party supports European integration and recognizing the statehood of Taiwan (Republic of China) as a country separate from the People's Republic of China, and is strongly opposed to Russian aggression in Ukraine. It supports the European Green Deal.
Within the Šimonytė Cabinet, it criticized its coalition partners, namely the Homeland Union and the Liberal Movement, for insufficient adherence to progressivism, as well as their "left-wing tax policy".
Election results Seimas Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government 2020 Aušrinė Armonaitė 107,057 9.45 (#5) New 2024 55,845 4.62 (#7) 11
European Parliament Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group 2024 Dainius Žalimas 54,797 8.10 (#4) 1 RE
Seimas members (2020–2024) ParliamentarianPrevious mandateCurrent mandate fromConstituencyArtūras Žukauskas -2020NationwideAušrinė Armonaitė20162020Lithuanians abroadEwelina Dobrowolska -2020NationwideIeva Pakarklytė -2020NationwideKasparas Adomaitis -2020NationwideMarius Matijošaitis -2020SavanoriaiMonika Ošmianskienė -2020NationwideMorgana Danielė -2020NationwideTomas Vytautas Raskevičius -2020NationwideVytautas Mitalas -2020Nationwide
See also
Liberalism in Lithuania Lithuanian Liberal Youth List of political parties in Lithuania
References