Lithuanian Centre Party


The Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania" is a centrist political party in Lithuania. Since the Seimas elections in 2016, it has been represented in the parliament and has also had representatives at the municipal level. The leader of the party is member of parliament Naglis Puteikis. Its honorary leader was noted Lithuanian philosopher and nationalist thinker Romualdas Ozolas.
In the Parliamentary election of 2016, the Lithuanian Centre Party participated in a coalition with the Lithuanian Retired People party and received 6.1% of the popular vote. In 2019 Lithuanian Municipal Elections the Centre Party received 1.25% of votes nationwide and won municipal council seats in Klaipeda, Varena and Alytus. During the 2019 election to the European Parliament the party received 5.13% of the national vote and did not receive any representatives in the European Parliament. On October 26, 2019, the Congress of the Lithuanian Centre Party decided to change the name of the party. Since then, the party has been referred to as the Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania". The party fully supports the welfare state idea of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda.