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According to her, this question began to be raised artificially after the Seimas elections to achieve the objectives of internal politics, and the current procedure “works well and could continue to work.”
“It seems to me that this debate is artificially ignited in our internal politics (…). That discussion began to unfold in the public sphere when the current majority of the Seimas came to power, ”A. Skaisgirytė told News Radio on Tuesday.
It seems to me that this debate is artificially ignited in our internal politics.
He drew attention to the provisions of the Constitution that define the president as head of state and representative of the state of Lithuania, as well as the Constitutional Court’s interpretation that the president is part of the executive branch.
“It is quite clear that from the constitutional powers it follows that the president is both a foreign policy maker and a participant in domestic policy. The president is not an official who represents only foreign policy, he is elected by all the people of Lithuania. and participates in the life of Lithuania’s domestic politics, “said A. Skaisgirytė.
He stressed that the president at the EU summits represents a position that is agreed with the Government and approved by the Seimas Committee.
The president is not an official who represents only foreign policy.
After Lithuania’s accession to the EU, both the president and the prime minister attended the summits for some time, but during the presidency of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, the tradition of the president attending the European Council was established.
The idea that the president will be replaced by Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė at EU summits has been raised publicly in recent weeks by Matas Maldeikis and Jurgis Razma, members of the Union of the Homeland – Lithuanian Christian Democrats. They argue that the European Council is dominated by issues that fall within the government’s purview during a pandemic.
In an interview with BNS in December, Prime Minister I. Šimonytė said that she “sees no reason” to change Lithuania’s representation in the EU in the near future.
“I would say that this is not an issue that should be moved or changed in the near future, because there will be a lot for the government to do anyway,” the prime minister said at the time.
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