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The party was registered on 16 January 2024. The party had 2,296 inaugural members during the registration. Shortly before the registration, Lithuanian Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė asked the parliament to strip Žemaitaitis of his legal immunity, stating that the pre-trial investigation suggests
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Nemuno aušra savo politinę veiklą grindžia liberalizmo principais, kylančiais iš klasikinės ir Naujųjų laikų politinės filosofijos tradicijos bei krikščioniškoje kultūroje susiformavusios asmens ir bendrojo gėrio sampratos. Individo laisvė mums yra pagrindinė vertybė. Tik laisvas žmogus gali būti
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party due to his antisemitic statements. The party was founded in November 2023 and registered in January 2024. The party was joined by two MPs who defected from the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and Labour Party in June 2024, increasing its representation in the Seimas to three seats.
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Kaip Eltai teigė R. Žemaitaitis, naujasis darinys ketina dalyvauti visuose 2024 m. vyksiančiuose rinkimuose. Į juos, akcentavo politikas, centro dešinei priklausanti jėga eis raginimais atsigręžti į Lietuvos
848:"Tuo tarpu centro-kairiąsias jėgas matytume kaip galimus bendradarbius. Save pozicionuojame taip pat šioje politinio spektro pusėje." – teigia partijos „Nemuno aušra" rinkimų štabo vadovas R. Puchovič. 861: 559:[Another thing is that when the Seimas elections take place in the autumn, it is very important for me that „Nemuno aušra“, a leftist political group, is able to form a ruling majority.] 1468: 966: 452: 1275: 924: 646: 571: 548: 349:, joined Dawn of Nemunas on 19 June 2024. With Žemaitaitis' previous resignation from parliament, this increased the party's representation to 3 Members of the Seimas. 712: 1458: 1522: 1463: 1433: 376:
and Christian party. The party's leader, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, proposed forming a "centre-left" coalition without the Homeland Union. It has been described as
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Kitas dalykas – kai rudenį vyks Seimo rinkimai, man labai svarbu, kad „Nemuno aušra", kairioji politinė grupė, galėtų formuoti valdančiąją daugumą.
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In July 2024, polls showed that about 36.5% of voters would consider voting for the party. It largely attracts centre-left as well as
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published antisemitic comments on Facebook, in which he claimed that “the Jews and Russians” oppressed ethnic Lithuanians during the
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that Žemaitaitis “publicly ridiculed, expressed contempt for, and incited hatred against a group of people of Jewish nationality”.
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and a road fund, granting tax breaks to large families, taking state control of the shares of state-owned energy holding company
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visavertis visuomenės narys. Tačiau būtina šios laisvės sąlyga – asmens atsakomybė, atsakomybė bendruomenei, savo šaliai.
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The party considers itself centre-left, and attracts voters from left-wing parties. It is considered populist.
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described the party's ideology as "difficult to pinpoint" since it had not yet released an election program.
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and, according to political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius, deliberately invokes common
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voters. In August, the party's polling surpassed 10%, overtaking the ruling conservative
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describes the party as right-wing. In September 2024, state broadcaster
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tropes such as "Jewish parasites" to attract poorly educated voters.
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and were responsible for the 1944 massacre of the village of
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announced the creation of a political party under the name
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Union of Christian Socialist Workers of the Memel Region
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terminated Žemaitaitis's membership in the party, and
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Index


Chairperson
Remigijus Žemaitaitis
Freedom and Justice
Ideology
Populism
Regionalism
Classical liberalism
Political position
Centre-left
Orange
Brown
Seimas
nemunoausra.eu
Politics of Lithuania
Political parties
Elections
Lithuanian
Remigijus Žemaitaitis
Freedom and Justice
Remigijus Žemaitaitis
Second World War
Pirčiupiai
Freedom and Justice
Artūras Paulauskas
Remigijus Žemaitaitis
Nemunas
presidential candidate
Freedom and Justice
Agnė Širinskienė

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