21
Jan
2026
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Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (debate)
Mr. President, yes, it seems to me that it is a double measure, because no one reacted and I would have liked to see such a discussion when Moldova shut down over 15 TV stations, closed down dozens of radio stations and dozens of websites over two or three years. Similarly, I would have liked to see you react in Romania, where all television stations, from the national to the mainstream, are under the order of the Romanian Government and the parliamentary groups that run Romania and have a majority. Similarly, I would have liked you to have reacted when yesterday you stopped the press, even though orders were given by the European Parliament and Ursula von der Leyen that farm protesters, including myself, be attacked with gas and shot at. I was there, paralyzed from that gas. Shame on you for acting and throwing gunfire and bullets at farmers.