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An article by the Agency’s journalists claims that the roots of the Lithuanian government’s strong pro-democratic position lie in decades of resistance to Soviet control.
The AP recalls that Lithuania accepted Sviatlan Cichanouskaya, the candidate of the Belarusian opposition in the presidential elections, and decided to facilitate the arrival of Belarusians for humanitarian purposes.
The publication also mentions President Gitan Nausėda’s meeting with Belarusian civic activists and a statement by Lithuanian media editors condemning violence against journalists and offering assistance to independent media.
According to the authors of the article, Poland’s voice at the EU level has been weakened by the Polish government’s own weakening of democratic standards by passing laws that give the ruling party more influence in the judiciary, as well as for the use of anti-LGBT rhetoric.
In the past, Poland has been a staunch defender of democracy in Sakartvele and Ukraine, but in recent days Polish observers have pointed out that Lithuania is assuming the leadership role at the EU level that Warsaw once did.
“Lithuania has taken Poland’s place in eastern EU politics,” the head of the liberal Gazeta Wyborcza, who is harshly critical of Poland’s right-wing government, announced on Thursday.
In this article, journalist Pawel Wronski argues that Poland has abandoned active diplomacy in Eastern Europe to spread democracy.
“Lithuania is a country that has listened more closely to Belarus and is offering a more active, coherent and consistent policy towards its southern neighbor,” he writes.
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