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Mr Arminas LYDEKA (Lithuania, ALDE)

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Substitute
Deputy
Liberal movement

Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
LT - 01109 - Vilnius-2
Lithuania

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 25/01/2021
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 26/01/2009 to 20/01/2013

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2025 Substitute - Lithuania
  • from 25/01/2021 to 26/01/2025 Representative - Lithuania
  • from 26/01/2009 to 20/01/2013 Substitute - Lithuania
  • from 27/01/2003 to 26/01/2004 Substitute - Lithuania

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 27/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/01/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/01/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (from 26/01/2009 to 23/01/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 02/10/2025 to 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 02/10/2025 to 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 11/09/2025 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 11/09/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 18/03/2024 to 29/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 05/03/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (from 05/03/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 23/01/2023 to 24/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 23/01/2023 to 31/12/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 26/01/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 26/01/2021 to 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Detention (from 25/04/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 23/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Refugees (from 26/01/2009 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Migration (from 26/01/2009 to 23/01/2012)
  • Alternate of Ms Jurgita ŠUKEVIČIENĖ (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Jurgita ŠUKEVIČIENĖ (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Aušrinė NORKIENĖ (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 25/01/2021 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS (Member): (Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs (from 26/01/2009 to 23/01/2012)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/01/2024 | 17:09:41 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, dear friends [in French], dear Madam Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, dear Mister Kimmo KILJUNEN,  We liberals think that the support to Belarusian civil society was, is and will be a moral imperative of foreign policy of all member states of the Council of Europe. As we know the criminal taking of power by the illegitimate Lukashenko regime since 9 August 2020 resulted in massive internal repression complicit in the war crimes and the crime of... 20/06/2023 | 16:09:03 Dear President, dear colleagues, distinguished guests and especially the persecuted politicians of Belarus. We liberals send a real thank you for your self-sacrificing work in exile. I bow my heart before your efforts to make Belarus a country that respects the values of liberal democracy. Colleagues, I want to draw your attention to the great work Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA is doing. With children and an imprisoned husband, she took on the burden of being the candidate of the people of...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

22/04/2026 | Doc. 16392 | Motion for a resolution The Venice Biennale and a framework for Russia's participation in international cultural events 17/04/2026 | Doc. 16378 | Motion for a resolution Out-of-country voting 17/03/2026 | Doc. 16364 | Motion for a resolution Addressing culture as a foundation for the democratisation of Belarus 16/03/2026 | Doc. 16359 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening safeguards against the misuse of dual-use goods by authoritarian regimes 20/02/2026 | Doc. 16348 | Motion for a resolution Towards a Euro-Atlantic strategy for the Arctic in support of the rules-based international order

Votes on adopted texts

26/01/2026 | Doc. 16316, vote on the draft text for resolution Progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (January – December 2025) 26/06/2025 | Doc. 16211, vote on the draft text for resolution Women's rights in Europe – Progress and challenges 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16185, vote on the draft text for resolution The Olympic Movement and peacekeeping: is sport neutrality serving sport values? 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16210, vote on the draft text for resolution Global peace under threat: halting the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and addressing the wider conflict in the Middle East 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16191, vote on the draft text for resolution Social mobilisation, social unrest and police reaction in Council of Europe member States: is there a need for a new social contract?