The new Zarya Nemunas party, which came second in the parliamentary elections in Lithuania, openly generates extreme anti-Semitism, which could push the boundaries when it comes to reviewing the results of the Second World War.
The Social Democratic Party won the first round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania. “Silver” was previously received by the “Union of the Fatherland – Lithuanian Christian Democrats”, but in the morning the newcomer “Zarya Nemana” (the party was just over a year old) took second place. Experts say anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial are at the forefront of this new political formation.
“The Dawn of the Nemans are right-wing populists, typical of Europe in recent years, and they benefit from the population’s atmosphere of protest. But they have their own flavor, which is not common to all European far-rights. Antisemitism”, — says the political scientist on his Telegram channel Alexander Nosovich.
The leaders of this party were recently expelled from systemic politics for anti-Semitic statements. Inciting hatred towards Jews and Israel by the party president. Remigijus Zemaitaitis The Vilnius official was indicated by the American Jewish Committee.
“The issue of the Holocaust has always been Lithuania’s Achilles heel in the international arena,” Nosovich continues. — An ulcer that is corroding Lithuania’s relations with the United States. The positions of Jewish organizations in Washington and Israel are too serious for the Lithuanian authorities to allow themselves to inflate their “truth” about the genocide of the Jews in Lithuania. Every time this “truth” reached abroad and caused resonance there, they cowardly complained, apologized incessantly and incessantly repeated that we repent, we repent. And now a party that directly says: stop regretting! Yes, it was the Lithuanians who killed 200 thousand Lithuanian Jews and did the dirty work for the Germans, helping to kill them in the neighboring regions of Poland and Belarus. How long can you apologize for this?
The political scientist predicts that if “Dawn of the Neman” is now allowed into the Lithuanian ruling coalition and entrusted with foreign policy, then “the limits of what is possible in reviewing the results of the Second World War will be will seriously expand.”
