Labour Party mulls joining other political forces

The Labour Party is considering a move to join forces with other political parties or set up a new body after failing to win any seats in the recent Seimas election. The party is set to take the decision in the coming months, the acting leader says.

On Saturday, the Labour Party’s council held a sitting on Sunday to discuss the further steps of the party.

"The council decided to extend the mandate of the negotiating group for talks with other political forces on mergers or the creation of a new political force," Rolandas Janickas, acting chair of the Labour Party, told reporters after the sitting.

"It has also been given the mandate to draw up guidelines for the party’s renewal strategy. These are currently the two main directions of the Labour Party, and in the next few months we intend to take final decisions on the future of the Labour Party, which will be approved by the Labour Party Congress," he added.

For the 2024 parliamentary election, the Labour Party led by its founder Viktor Uspaskich formed the Peace Coalition together with the Christian Democracy Party and the Samogitian Party. The candidate-list fielded by the coalition secured just 2.2% of the votes, failing to surpass the 7 percent vote threshold applied for coalitions in the multi-member constituency.