At a joint meeting held on 16 December 2015, the Seimas Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Affairs considered the Commission Work Programme for 2016 and identified the Seimas priorities based on the proposals under the Programme.

Ensaf Haidar accepted the 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday on behalf of her husband Raif Badawi, a Saudi human rights activist who remains in prison. A day earlier, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem attended plenary for the first time to discuss the euro, while the European Commission presented its plan for reinforcing the EU's external borders.

On 16 December 2015, the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs held a closed meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius, to discuss the current situation and the prospects of the EU-Russia relations and Lithuania's position on the issue.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with British Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of the European Council. The meeting was held on the initiative of the British Prime Minister.

The Commission's recent proposals for completing European Monetary Union (EMU) are insufficient to address the current shortcomings in the institutional framework of the euro area. More parliamentary oversight and public debate is needed to ensure democratic accountability and get citizens on board, Parliament says in a resolution adopted on Thursday.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius chaired the meeting of the Primer Ministers of the Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM) on Monday, which was also attended by Latvian Prime Minister Laimduota Straujuma and Estonian Head of Government Taavi Roivas.

The Prime Minister of Estonia Mr. Taavi Rõivas, the Prime Minister of Latvia Mrs. Laimdota Straujuma and the Prime Minister of Lithuania Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius met within the framework of the Baltic Council of Ministers on 14 December 2015 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Prime Ministers discussed the key issues of the Baltic cooperation and reviewed the progress of implementing the priorities as set by Lithuania for the chairmanship in the Baltic Council of Ministers. The priorities for 2015 were enhancing the regional, energy and information security as well as implementing joint energy and transportation infrastructure projects.

On 9 December 2015, the Ministry of Finance informed the Committee on European Affairs of the use of EU investment funds for 2007–2013 and the strategy on the use of the funds for 2014–2020.

Lithuania has transferred 150,000 euros to the Migrant and Refugee Fund of Council of Europe's Development Bank.