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Commenting on the letter from the peasant leader R. Karbauskis to the members of the Seimas with a call to protect the traditional family, G. Landsbergis noted that the president of the LVŽS should first address himself on this issue.
“The first thing I would recommend to the signatory is to start and take care of my family first, and then see what can be done to help the other,” Landsbergis told Knowledge Radio on Wednesday.
“You have to watch all the time to see if you can really give good advice to the ones you are going to give,” he said.
Landsberg: The Seimas is a good place to consider the issue of representation in EVS
Foreign Minister G. Landsbergis says the Seimas is the right place to address the issue of European Council representation (EVS), which is causing friction between conservatives and the president.
“The discussion takes place mainly in the Seimas. I think this is the right place to develop this debate: about how it should be represented, who should represent it. I hope that the Seimas offers some way forward,” said the country’s head of diplomacy. to “radio Žinių” on Wednesday.
G. Landsbergis pointed out that the dispute over whether Lithuania should continue to be represented in the EVS by the president or whether these functions should be transferred to the prime minister could still be resolved diplomatically, by agreement between the government and the presidency. According to him, Parliament would get involved if a consensus was not achieved among Lithuania’s top leaders.
“If they can’t be found, perhaps the Seimas will offer some way forward,” he added.
According to the Delfi portal, the conservatives are taking the initiative to present a separate law that regulates the representation of the state in the EVS in the spring session.
President Gitanas Nausėda said on Monday that it was intolerable and unacceptable to ask whether he should continue to represent Lithuania in EVS, when, according to him, the government has many unresolved issues regarding the crisis caused by COVID-19.
Landsberg, for his part, claims otherwise. According to him, the crisis caused by the coronavirus is an impetus to consider whether the Government should not join the representation of Lithuania in the EVS.
Especially when we have an epidemic, when urgent problems need to be tackled and some of those problems are being tackled in the European Union. I believe that in this context, as long as an emergency exists, it would really be possible to find solutions based on consensus ”, summarized G. Landsbergis.
Landsberg urges us to be patient with the limitations of COVID-19 so that we do not go back to December
According to Foreign Minister G. Landsbergis, although the epidemiological situation in the country creates cause for optimism, it is not appropriate to rush to relax the quarantine regime. According to him, the situation is fragile, so it is worth suffering a little from the largest quarantine releases so that we do not return to the situation of December.
“We are in a much better position than when the government took office in December. I think it’s obvious,” Landsbergis told Knowledge Radio.
“On the other hand, the situation is very fragile,” said the conservative leader. According to him, the fragility of the situation is very well illustrated by how the British strain coronavirus has affected several other EU countries.
“We see what happened in Slovakia or the Czech Republic, which were closed for 3 months just like Lithuania. But the British variety began to rage, and this completely brought the states down. Now there is a dramatic situation in both countries, they have asked for help: they lack doctors and tools, “said the politician, noting that Lithuania should not be in a hurry to release the current quarantine regime precisely because of the risk of facing similar threats.
“It is of great and reasonable concern that Lithuania, which is in a rush to open or cannot convince people that it still needs a little patience, may find itself where we were in December,” said G. Landsbergis.
“As a representative of the Government, I urge everyone to be patient, let’s wait a little longer. More vaccines are coming, municipalities are ensuring a good vaccination rate and we are still among the pioneers in Europe who are well vaccinated. When enough people have immunity, then we can breathe and open up, “said G. Landsbergis.
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