Valdas Tutkus, ein ehemaliger Verteidigungschef, hat eine neue Vereinigung namens Alternative for Litauen gegründet. Er sagt, er versuche, „Oppositionskräfte“ gegen die gegenwärtige Mainstream -Politik zu vereinen.

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> “Our initial idea is that true opposition forces need to be brought together. People from the Regions Party, Christian Democracy, the Samogitian Party, and the Labour Party have joined our association, and we’re open to everyone,“ Tutkus told BNS on Sunday.

> „The idea is to try to unite people or movements that share the values we stand for,” he added.

> The association’s slogan is “telling the truth takes courage” and, according to Tutkus, it will “fight for Christian values, for the family, for children, for demographics, and against migrants”.

> The former chief of defence said the association would seek to bring political forces together into a unified coalition through its members affiliated with political parties
The association’s founding congress on Saturday was attended by Stefan Korte, a member of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which earlier last week was officially classified as a far-right extremist group by the country’s domestic intelligence service.

> “We’ve received official letters of support from Sweden, Norway, the UK, Italy, Slovakia […], and AfD sent their representatives. Korte (…) brought a letter signed by the party leadership and represented AfD at our meeting, welcoming us into the family of national movements,” said Tutkus.