Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

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Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie
Leader Valdemar Tomaševski
Founded 28 August 1994
Headquarters ul. Pilies 16, Vilnius
Ideology National Minority(all),
Christian Democratic,
Conservatism,
Centrism
Political position Centre-right
International affiliation None
European affiliation None
European Parliament Group European Conservatives and Reformists
Official colours Red, White (Colours of the Polish flag)
Website
http://www.awpl.lt
Politics of Lithuania
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Elections

Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija, Polish: Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie) is a centrist political party in Lithuania which represents the Poles in Lithuania. At the legislative elections in October 2008 the party won 4.8% of the popular vote and 3 out of 141 seats in Seimas.[1]

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[edit] History

Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania was founded in 1994 by Poles of the Vilnius region. It branched out from the Movement of Lithuania's Poles.

In 1997-1999 it took part in the ruling coalition on the Vilnius city municipality. It has influence in the Vilnius district municipality and Šalčininkai district municipality councils, where the Polish minority forms the majority of the population.

In 2009, the Party won a seat in the European Parliament and will be represented by the current party leader, Valdemar Tomaševski. On 22 June 2009, the UK right-wing blog ConservativeHome announced that Tomaszewski had expressed a desire to join the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.[2] He joined the group on 23 June 2009.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.vrk.lt/2008_seimo_rinkimai/output_en/rinkimu_diena/index.html
  2. ^ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2009/06/the-deal-is-done-new-conservative-grouping-in-the-european-parliament-to-be-launched-today.html
  3. ^ http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,81048,6748241,Litwa__Tomaszewski_wejdzie_do_frakcji_Europejskich.html

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