Homeland Union’s leader downplays not meeting with president before elections

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), downplays the fact that President Gitanas Nausėda has refused to meet with his party before parliamentary elections, even though he had received leaders of other parties at the Presidential Palace.

If the president does not invite the TS-LKD for a meeting, „it will not be a big tragedy“, Landsbergis said in an interview to the news website delfi.lt on Tuesday.

According to him, in that case the president’s move should be perceived as a lifeline to Social Democrats before elections.

„If this is the president’s opinion and he will try to handle radical parties this way, then let it be. When this is for the sake of the country, then let it be,“ said Landsbergis, who earlier called for a broad coalition against emerging radical forces.

As reported, Nausėda previously met with MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), as well as with the leaders of the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), the Liberal Movement, the party Democrats For Lithuania, Freedom Party and the Lithuanian Regions’ Party.

Lithuanians will go to the polls in parliamentary elections on 13 October.