Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga | |
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| Abbreviation | LVŽS |
| Chairperson | Aurelijus Veryga |
| First Vice Chairman | Aušrinė Norkienė |
| Vice Chairpeople | See list
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| Founder | Kazimiera Prunskienė |
| Founded | 2001 (as the Union of Peasants and New Democratic Parties) |
| Merger of | Lithuanian Peasants Party New Democracy Party |
| Headquarters | Gedimino pr. 28, Vilnius |
| Membership (2023) | 3,741 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
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| Colours | Green |
| Seimas | 8 / 141 (6%) |
| European Parliament (Lithuanian seats) | 1 / 11 (9%) |
| Municipal councils | 185 / 1,498 |
| Mayors | 8 / 60 |
| Website | |
| lvzs.lt | |
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The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga, LVŽS) is a green-conservative and agrarian political party in Lithuania led by Ramūnas Karbauskis. The party is considered one of the main representatives of the left wing of Lithuanian politics. Lithuanian journalist Virgis Valentinavičius described the party as "the mixture of the extreme left in economic matters and the extreme right in some social issues, all spiced up with an anti-establishment rhetoric of radical change".
Following the 2024 parliamentary election, the LVŽS has been in opposition to the Paluckas Cabinet. The party's one MEP sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament. Founded in 2001 as the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, (Lithuanian: Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga, LVLS), the party's symbol since 2012 has been the white stork.
Formerly participating in the European Parliament group of the Greens–European Free Alliance, it announced its intention to join the European Conservatives and Reformists in 2024.