New Union Social Liberals
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Template:Politics of Lithuania The New Union (social liberals) (Lithuanian: Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai)), or NS, is a social liberal party in Lithuania, and the third largest in the Seimas, with 28 of 141 members. The NS is member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and is a n observer at Liberal International. It was founded in 1998 and is led by Arturas Paulauskas.
Its policy is based on the social liberal ideology, the principal values of which are personal freedom, social solidarity, welfare of people and justice.
In 2000 it formed a coalition government with the Liberal Union, and in 2001 a new coalition with the Social Democrats.
Its candidate Vilija Blinkeviciute won at the presidential elections of 13 june 2004 16.6 % of the vote. At the last legislative elections, 10 october 2004, the party won 11 out of 141 seats.
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in Lithuania
External link
- Official web site (http://www.nsajunga.lt)Template:Liberalparty-stub