Amendments adopted by the Lithuanian Parliament aim to implement the Lisbon Treaty requirements, which grant the citizens of European Union the right 'to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in the Member State in which they reside under the same conditions as citizens of that State.'

The only requirement valid for foreigners will be to have a permanent residence in Lithuania for the period of five years. Individuals, who fulfill this requirement, will be allowed to become members of only one political party at a time. But the provision of establishing a new political party for foreigners will still be in force .

Last year in April the European Commission notified Lithuania about a possible violation of EU law by preventing the citizens of other EU countries from joining political parties.

European Commission has sent similar notifications to Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. In these countries, as in Lithuania, citizens of other EU countries could neither belong to nor establish political parties. Notifications have also been sent to Spain, Latvia, and Greece, where foreigners could become members of political parties but could not establish them.