The newly elected Vice-President and Quaestor replace Michal Šimečka (Renew, SK) and Cristophe Hansen (EPP, LU), respectively, following their departure from Parliament.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Professor Margaret Gardner, Governor of Victoria, the second largest state in Australia.

President Metsola opened the 16-19 October plenary session in Strasbourg with the following announcements.

President Gitanas Nausėda spoke by telephone on Monday with President Andrzej Duda of Poland to discuss the results of the Polish parliamentary election, security and defense cooperation, and the security situation in the region.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Lithuania, Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein. At the meeting, the Head of Government reiterated her condemnation of Hamas attacks and acts of terror against Israel and its people, stressing that Lithuania stands in solidarity with Israel and supports the country's right to defend itself in accordance with the principles of international humanitarian law.

“Military aid to Ukraine is falling subject to the countries’ internal political debate; however, the rendered assistance remains decisive to Ukraine’s defence. Lithuania will continue delivering on its assistance commitments, we will walk this walk to Ukraine all the way until victory,” Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas underscored to the Allies Wednesday in Brussels.

The “Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform” aims to boost digital, net-zero and biotechnologies and enable the EU's industry to achieve the digital and net-zero transitions.

On 6 October, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Speaker of the Latvian Saeima Daiga Mierina, who is visiting Vilnius. The meeting focused on assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s aggression, the security situation in the region and the importance of tightening sanctions on Russia, cooperation between Lithuania and Latvia in implementing the Rail Baltica project, the issue of illegal migrants at the Latvian-Belarusian state border, and other relevant issues of bilateral relations.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an informal meeting of the European Council in Granada, Spain. The meeting focused on EU strategic agenda, defense and security, support for Ukraine, EU’s competitiveness, and preparations for EU enlargement.

On Thursday, the committees on Women’s Rights and Civil Liberties adopted a draft position on revised rules to combat human trafficking and to help its victims.