New Union (Social Liberals)

New Union (Social Liberals)

Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai)
New Union (Social Liberals) Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai)
Founded	25 April 1998
Dissolved	9 July 2011
Merged into	Labour Party
Headquarters	10/1 Gedimino pr., Vilnius
Ideology	Social liberalism; Populism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (2004–2011)
International affiliation	Liberal International (observer)
Colours	Blue, white
Party flag
Website
	www.nsajunga.lt
	Politics of Lithuania; Political parties; Elections;

The New Union (Social Liberals) (Lithuanian: Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai), NS) was a social-liberal^[4] political party in Lithuania. The NS was a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and an observer of the Liberal International. It was founded in 1998 and is led by Artūras Paulauskas.

History

Establishment and participation in government (1998–2006)

The party was formed in 1998 on a basis of Artūras Paulauskas presidential campaign team.

Its policy was based on social liberalism: the principal values of which are personal freedom, social solidarity, welfare of people and justice.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000 municipal elections the party won the most seats in municipalities districts' councils.

In 2000 it formed a coalition government with the Liberal Union (along with Lithuanian Centre Union and Modern Christian Democrats), but after disagreements between two, in 2001 a new coalition with the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) was formed.

Its candidate Vilija Blinkevičiūtė won 16.6% of the votes in the 2004 presidential election. At that year's parliamentary election, the party ran in alliance with the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) under the label 'Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas and Artūras Paulauskas: Working for Lithuania'. The list won 31 seats out of 141, of which the New Union won 11. After these election a coalition with the LSDP, the Labour Party and Lithuanian Popular Peasant Union (LVLS), which lasted up until summer of 2006.

In opposition, in government and dissolution (2006–2011)

In January 2008 the party joined new coalition, which consisted from the LSDP, the LVLS, Civic Democratic Party and Liberal and Centre Union.

At the 2008 parliamentary election, the party lost heavily, winning only 1 seat in the Seimas and only 3.64% of the national vote. As other parties that were part of coalition governments in the outgoing parliament suffered in the elections (Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, Liberal and Centre Union and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union), all lost seats in the Seimas and in the new parliament a centre-right coalition under Andrius Kubilius had the most seats. It left the New Union in opposition.

The party's one member in the Seimas, Valerijus Simulik, sat with the Social Democratic Party political group. In 2011, the party merged with the Labour Party.^[5] A minority faction switched to the Liberal and Centre Union.^[6]

Leaders

Artūras Paulauskas (1998−2008, 2009−2011)
Algirdas Monkevičius (2008−2009)

References

^ ^a ^b "THE "NEW POLITICS" IN LITHUANIA". Eurasia Daily Monitor. 6 (131). 6 July 2000.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Grigore Pop-Eleches (April 2010). "Throwing Out The Bums: Protest Voting and Unorthodox Parties after Communism" (PDF). World Politics. 62 (2): 231. doi:10.1017/s0043887110000043. Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Dimitri Almeida (27 April 2012). The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus. Taylor & Francis. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0.^{[need quotation to verify]}
^ Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette; Collectif (11 June 2012). Vilnius 2012 (avec cartes et avis des lecteurs). Petit Futé. p. 22. ISBN 978-2-7469-6092-3.
^ "Naujoji sąjunga prisijungė prie Darbo partijos". atn.lt (in Lithuanian). 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
^ "ATN.LT". Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

External links

(Social Liberals) Official site, archived as for November, 2003

[EDM-1] "THE "NEW POLITICS" IN LITHUANIA". Eurasia Daily Monitor. 6 (131). 6 July 2000.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] Grigore Pop-Eleches (April 2010). "Throwing Out The Bums: Protest Voting and Unorthodox Parties after Communism" (PDF). World Politics. 62 (2): 231. doi:10.1017/s0043887110000043. Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[Almeida2012-3] Dimitri Almeida (27 April 2012). The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus. Taylor & Francis. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0.^{[need quotation to verify]}

[4] Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette; Collectif (11 June 2012). Vilnius 2012 (avec cartes et avis des lecteurs). Petit Futé. p. 22. ISBN 978-2-7469-6092-3.

[5] "Naujoji sąjunga prisijungė prie Darbo partijos". atn.lt (in Lithuanian). 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

[6] "ATN.LT". Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

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