At the NATO Leaders Meeting in London, President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russia’s aggressive actions were the greatest threat to NATO.

The amendments to the Law on Education adopted by the Seimas (Draft No XIIIP-3329(2)) have legalised home-schooling starting from 1 June 2020. This was supported by 75 Members of the Seimas, none voted against and 7 MPs abstained.

On December 4 a delegation led by Robertas Šapronas, Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence, took part in bilateral work consultations in Minsk , met with Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department, Assistant to the Defence Minister for Foreign Military Policy Maj Gen Oleg Voinov.

President Gitanas Nausėda arrived on a working visit to London for NATO’s 70th anniversary summit to be held on December 4.

Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank President since 1 November, was heard for the first time in her new office by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

MEPs will vote on an EU roadmap to tackle bee decline, call for ambitious targets for biodiversity and vet the candidates for the post of EU Ombudsman.

On 29 November in Rīga, Latvia, at a joint meeting of the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Foreign Ministers’, the Minister L. Linkevičius emphasized the need for Baltic solidarity in relation to unsafe Belarusian nuclear energy.

MEPs voted into office the new European Commission, approved the EU's budget for 2020, called for a climate neutral Europe and awarded the LUX film prize.

The Seimas ratified the Agreement between Lithuania and Latvia on the Maintenance of the Lithuanian-Latvian State Border and the Activities of Border Delegates. The Agreement was signed in Helsinki on 18 July 2019.

MEPs will vote on the new European Commission, award the 2019 LUX Film Prize and decide on the EU budget for 2020 at the November plenary session in Strasbourg.