Christian Union merges with Lithuania for All

Lithuania’s non-parliamentary Christian Union has joined the non-parliamentary Lithuania for All party to form a new political group called the Christian Union Lithuania for All, LRT reported Monday, citing a statement.

At their first joint convention on Saturday at Vilnius Teachers’ House, a venue in the capital, delegates elected Aleksandras Nemunaitis, a Vilnius city council member and Lithuania for All leader, as party chairman. Rimantas Jonas Dagys, a former member of parliament who had led the Christian Union, was elected deputy chairman.

Nemunaitis said the parties shared views on family and Christian values. He said the Christian Union brought long experience in family policy, while his work in municipal government showed how policy decisions affect families. The parties had approved the merger at separate general meetings. Delegates also elected governing bodies and approved the party’s programme, statutes and new visual identity. The reorganisation documents and name must still be registered in the Register of Legal Entities.

The party describes itself as a centre-right Christian democratic force. Its programme says it respects human dignity from conception to natural death, defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and emphasises support for families, children and the care of ageing parents. It says its economic policy is based on social market principles, with the state enabling people to start businesses and create jobs, and social support helping people return to work or live with dignity if age, illness or disability prevents them from caring for themselves.

On foreign policy, the party says it firmly supports Lithuania’s membership of NATO and the European Union. It backs a strong EU made up of cooperating independent states and opposes turning the bloc into a federation. The party said its new symbol was inspired by straw-garden tying and cross-making.

In the October 2024 parliamentary election, Christian Union members ran with the Union of the Nation and Justice, which includes centrists and nationalists. The alliance received 1.38% of the vote and did not enter parliament. Lithuania for All did not contest the latest election; in 2020, it received 0.97%, below the 5% threshold. Nemunaitis currently serves on Vilnius City Council, having been elected on the National Alliance list.