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Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“
Placement: Center
Union of Democrats “For Lithuania”, a center-left party founded in 2022 by former prime minister Saulius Skvernelis, who stepped down as leader in April 2026; it is now chaired by former European commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. In government with the Social Democrats in 2024-2025, then in opposition, it rejoined the coalition with the Sinkevičius government in 2026. Welfare, national security and defense, pragmatism.
In short
On the traditional scale, Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“ sits in the center camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “interventionism”; sovereignty: slightly towards “integration”; democracy: slightly towards “technocracy”; religion: slightly towards “secularism”. On economy, state, society, environment, justice, devolution and immigration it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is third way (89%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Third WayThe Modernizer89%Old LabourThe Union in Power84%Technocratic reformismThe Expert80%Similar parties
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partijaLithuania98%
Moderates (Blue Dog)United States96%
Fianna FáilIreland95%
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokrataiLithuania95%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.