Homeland Union
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lithuanian: Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS-LKD), before 2008 Homeland Union (Conservatives, Political Prisoners and the Exiled, Christian Democrats) or TS, is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It is the largest party in Lithuania, with 18,000 members and 46 of 141 seats in the Seimas.
It is the main centre-right party, with a particularly liberal conservative and Christian democratic, but also nationally oriented and economically liberal ideology. Its current leader is Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democrat Union (IDU).
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