Andrius Kubilius

A.Kubilius. Ukraine And The Agenda Of The East of Europe In The Newly Elected European Parliament: Lithuania’s Challenge

We start our new mandate at the European Parliament. What challenges await Lithuania’s representatives? What should Lithuania strive for in the next five years of...

Andrius Kubilius. Summer of Capitulation Shift

Andrius Kubilius, MEP, former PM of Lithuania On 5 July, writing about the leadership problems of the Great West, from Macron to Biden, I said:...

Andrius Kubilius. On The Significance Of Pro-European Unity In Georgia

Open Letter to the Georgian People 11 July 2024 As a true friend of Georgia and its people and a staunch supporter of their wish...

Make Russia foot the entire bill for Ukraine’s devastation

All Russian frozen assets, not only the profits they generate, should be used to finance the reparations for the war damage inflicted on Ukraine. Rather...

A.Kubilius. Lessons From The Second World War For Europe Today

Part I. A lesson from the Victory Plan The European Parliament, angered by the impotence of EU governments in the matter of military aid to...

Give 0.25% of GDP for Ukraine’s victory

Ukraine must win. Russia must be defeated. Peace must be brought back. Europe must step up its military assistance for Ukraine’s defence. To reach that...

A.Kubilius. Will Lithuania start building an anti-Putin Western coalition to implement Russia’s anti-Putin strategy?

The terrorist attack in outskirts of Moscow on March 22nd has brought back the debate about the future of Russia, what we need to prepare...

A. Kubilius. About Another War

Let me say straight away that I support Israel in its difficult war against the Hamas terrorists. I have been saying this since 7th October...

A. Kubilius. On Alexey Navalny

I want to start from the words of Ilya Jashin, another political prisoner of Putin. In his public statement yesterday from the prison he said:...

Andrius Kubilius. The West, Lithuania and Europe’s Eastern Area: the Strategic Importance of the “Transformation Triangle” for Europe’s Destiny

I started writing the text on the “Transformation Triangle” some two weeks ago. The term “Transformation Triangle” itself came to mind even earlier, during a...

Andrius Kubilius. 2024 And Beyond: A Rationally Optimistic War Scenario

The year 2023 ended in Lithuania with  apocalyptic predictions that everything is bad – Ukraine is losing, it does not know how to fight, Russia...

Andrius Kubilius. Why Is Ukraine’s European Union Membership Necessary For The European Union Itself?

The decision of the European Council last December to open accession negotiations for Ukraine’ and Moldova’ European Union membership is of particular historical significance. These...

Andrius Kubilius. A Place Of Betrayal For Ukraine And Europe – The Future European Council?

The European Council will meet on 14-15 December. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda will also attend. But this will not be an ordinary Council. The...

Andrius Kubilius. Will Poland Compensate Damages For Ukraine?

While all the Europeans and Poland’s neighbours, including Lithuania, remain politely silent, Polish truckers are blocking all entry points to Ukraine. This is being led...

Andrius Kubilius. On the Reality of War

We all know that this year Ukraine is finding it harder to liberate its occupied territories than last year. Increasingly, there are warnings (from the...

Andrius Kubilius. Two Observations And Conclusions

Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania   First observation Not so long ago, in 2015, we were all hearing...

Andrius Kubilius. Differences In The West: Do You Or Do You Not Believe That Russia Can Become A Democracy In The Future?

Andrius Kubilius, former PM, MEP, initiator of  the “United for Ukraine” network When we observe and analyse the West’s support for Ukraine, we sometimes see...

Andrius Kubilius. Russia’s war against Ukraine: what would F.D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill say about the West’s aims in this war?

Andrius Kubilius, former PM, MEP, initiator of  the “United for Ukraine” network (The Lithuanian version of the article was published on 17.08.2023) I wrote earlier...

Andrius Kubilius. Western Reality and Our Responsibility

Andrius Kubilius, former PM, MEP, initiator of  the “United for Ukraine” network (The Lithuanian version of the article was published on 11.08.2023)   Immediately after...

Andrius Kubilius. The Sobering-Up in Vilnius

Andrius Kubilius is a former PM of Lithuania, MEP, Initiator of the “United for Ukraine” network (The Lithuanian version of the article was published on...

A. Kubilius. What will be the next act of the “Russian drama”?

There is a well-known classical genre as “Greek drama”: well-studied, well-researched, and a huge influence on today’s theatre. In recent days, we have been observing...

A.Kubilius. Lukashenko to the Hague Tribunal for the sufferings of the opposition! Putin will follow!

On June 12th, Vilnius hosted an important international conference on “Responsibility of Lukashenka’s regime for crimes against humanity and migrant crisis: prospects for international justice”,...

European Parliament resolution on repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksei Navalny

MEPs Andrius Kubilius and Rasa Juknevičienė and other MEPs initiated JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir...

Commemorating one year of full scale Russian aggression to Ukraine. U4U Press Statement, 24.02.2023

Statement in pdf format. Commemorating one year of full scale Russian aggression to Ukraine United for Ukraine, Press Statement 23-24 February 2023   We, parliamentarians...

On Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Draft EPP position paper

On Ukraine’s membership in NATO Draft position paper NATO Summit in Vilnius, which will take place on 11-12 July, 2023, will be where an answer...

Andrius Kubilius. Opening Statement in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Opening Statement in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Chisinau,  20 February, 2023 Andrius Kubilius Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of Euronest PA Congratulations to  all...

Andrius Kubilius. Why the West needs to have the “Enlargement Ramstein”?

EPP Group External Meeting on “A Stronger Europe: Security and Defence of the Union”. Tallinn, 2023.01.30 In Madrid, NATO recognized that authoritarian Russia is the...

MEP Andrius Kubilius: “We need to do all we can to make sure that Ukraine wins. For our own good.”

Andrius Kubilius, a Lithuanian MEP of the Group of the European People’s Party, chair of Euronest and a member of the EP’s key Committee on...

Ukraine war: MEPs push for special tribunal to punish Russian crimes

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs demand the Russian political and military leadership be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Parliament...

Andrius Kubilius. The Fate Of Russia Will Be Decided By Smart Russian Officers?

The 2022 year came  to an end. A year that will be marked in the history of the world with the title of “Year of...

Andrius Kubilius. Our “Russian” Psychological Complexes

Latvians had revoked the broadcast licence for the Russian opposition TV channel Dozhd. Before that, the channel had been expelled from Moscow by Putin. It...

EPP proposal for Resolution on Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism

The European Parliament is moving forward with the adoption of the resolution on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The adoption...

A.Kubilius. Impressions from the U4U Network visit to Ukraine (Lutsk, Rivne, Kyiv)

On Tuesday evening (October 25th), we arrived in Ukraine with a delegation from U4U (United for Ukraine) network. In the beginning, to the capital of...

Andrius Kubilius. The Tragedy of Russia (full text)

Read only main points of the text. Read the text (including summary) in pdf format. It is not popular these days to speak with pity...

Andrius Kubilius. The Tragedy of Russia (main points)

Read the full text “The Tragedy of Russia” by Andrius Kubilius Read the text in pdf format. The European continent is facing a severe geopolitical...

A. Kubilius. Ukraine: Our next steps

It has been more than 130 days since Russia’s war against Ukraine began. Ukraine has shown that it is able to defend itself and win...

Andrius Kubilius. Ukraine and a Europe tired of being itself

The war has been going on for more than 100 days. And it could go on for hundreds more. It is time to change from...

The purpose of our war

I keep saying that this is our war, not just Ukraine’s. It is the war of the entire democratic Western world against the restoration of...

Andrius Kubilius. Statement on Belarus: Mr. Lukashenka and the President Putin are occupying Belarus

Andrius Kubilius Statement on Belarus Mr Lukashenka and the President Putin are occupying Belarus Mr Lukashenka for many years since the very beginning of his...

An Address to the Russian people on the occasion of 30 years anniversary of the end of Soviet Union and of Russian independence

Members of European Parliament Bernard Guetta, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Andrius Kubilius   Dear European neighbours, Dear citizens of the Russian Federation, Dear Friends, Let us dream,...

MEP Andrius Kubilius. Six point joint agenda for democratic Belarus

Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, during her address at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 24 November...

The Future of Eastern Partnership Policy

The EU needs to have a very clear and simple understanding of the strategic goals of its neighborhood policy: it is better for the EU...

Statement on the rule of law situation in Georgia

Georgia, an EU Associated country, has committed itself to uphold European values and principles, such as democracy, human rights and rule of law. The Georgian...

Statement on 2 October 2021 local elections in Georgia

We concur with the independent international observers’ assessment that the 2 October 2021 local elections in Georgia were technically well-administered, but the environment was marred...

‘Elections’ in Russia – what does Putin fear most?

From September 17-19, the Russian Duma ‘elections’ will be held. The term ‘elections’ are placed in quotation marks because, of course, there will be no...

Andrius Kubilius: European Parliament believes in Russia’s democratic future

The European Parliament published a report on the direction of EU-Russia political relations, which was approved by its Foreign Affairs Committee and submitted by the...

Statement on recent events in Georgia

Georgia is at a very serious crossroads which will define her development and success or failure for nearest decades. Majority of Georgians have  already chosen...

A. Kubilius. Belarus, not Mr Lukashenko, is the EU partner in the Eastern Partnership initiative

Illegitimate Mr Lukashenko has forged the elections and became an usurpator of power in Belarus. The regime of Lukashenko is trying continuously and desperately to...

Belarus: Four-action plan

After the past few weeks’ events pertaining to Belarus, everyone is naturally left with the question, ‘what next?’ What can the West do for the...

Statement of MEP A. Kubilius: Dictator Lukashenko has initiated an act of the State terrorism and aggression against EU citizens and EU private company

On 23 May 2021, at noon, Belarus Air Force fighter jets have hijacked the Ryanair flight FR4978 originating from Athens and bound for Vilnius with...

European politicians call for the release of Alexei Navalny

Against the background of the immensely tense security situation at the border with Ukraine, there is another parallel drama taking place in the Russian Federation....

For Our Freedom and Yours – Declaration in Support of Free and Democratic Belarus

Since the fraudulent elections of 9 August 2020, the people of Belarus, gathering by hundreds of thousands in peaceful rallies all over Belarus and in...

A. Kubilius, J. Burton, M. Dzurinda. Questions for Germany on Russia strategy – opinion

While EU policies have not weakened Russia’s autocratic regime, the Kremlin has been successful in strengthening authoritarian rule and radical populism in several EU countries....

MEP Andrius Kubilius. Foreign Policy Lesson from Moscow

During a recent visit of Mr Borrell to Moscow, Putin gave to the EU diplomacy an important lesson, which we do appreciate. Putin’s regime send...

Statement on Putin’s Russia: the sentencing of Alexei Navalny

By Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Standing Rapporteur on Russia    Today, the Putin’s regime waged...

A. Kubilius. A revolution in Russia?

In September last year, I publicly raised the question as to when a “Belarusian” democratic revolution would begin in Russia. On Saturday, Russia’s people across...

A. Kubilius. Transcaucasia: the Armenian dilemma

The second war of Nagorno-Karabakh has ended and there are many opinions on the exact winner. Some claim that it is Azerbaijan whereas others claim...

Georgian strategic unity is key to move forward with ambition of Euro-Atlantic integration

By Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Since the Rose Revolution, Georgia is showing a clear ambition...

Alexei Navalny quizzed by MEPs on Kremlin crackdown against political opponents

Prominent Russian opposition figures called on the EU to step up the fight against “dirty” Russian money in the European Union, in a meeting with...

Time to act for the EU: five point plan for democratic Belarus

Since the fraudulent presidential election of the 9th of August 2020, the Belarusian people over nearly four months are in the midst of their fight...

To the Memory of Roman Bondarenko

Statement of LT EPP delegation in European Parliament Few days ago Belarus lost another young soul, a fighter for a free Belarus, artist and former...

Joint Letter to the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan

We, the co-chairs of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, have received worrisome reports on the wide-scale attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh area on the morning of 27 September...

Statement to the People of Belarus

By Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly On 9 August 2020, Mr Lukashenko falsified and stole the...

A. Kubilius: Alexander Lukashenko’s signatures on Vladimir Putin’s documents may become verdict for himself

Alexander Lukashenko is seeking to hold the post of Belarusian leader for yet another term in office at any cost. There seems to be a...

Andrius Kubilius appointed European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Russia

MEP Andrius KUBILIUS (EPP, LT) became the Standing Rapporteur on Russia by the decision of the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Foreign Affairs. The status...

A. Kubilius. Belarus: several comments on international issues

Belarus’s affairs keep our attention. Inside Belarus, the developments have their own dynamics. People on the streets continue to defend their 9th August victory. Meanwhile...

Statement on Belarus – Call for International Investigation

A statement by Mr Andrius KUBILIUS and Mr Ivan KRULKO, Co-Presidents of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly We, the Co-Presidents of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, deplore...

Statement to the People of Belarus

By Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Despite the fact, that the electoral process that led to...

Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Bureau Message to the Eastern Partnership Leaders

On the occasion of the Video Teleconference of the Leaders of the Eastern Partnership to be held on 18 June 2020,  The Euronest PA Bureau...

Statement on the EU assistance to Armenia

Statement by Mr Andrius Kubilius, Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Ms Gayane Abrahamyan, Head of Armenian Delegation to the...

EU will not tolerate being the scapegoat for the Moldovan government’s failures

Statement by: The Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee Mr Siegfried Muresan, MEP, and The Chair of the European Parliament’s...

Andrius Kubilius. The Commission’s Eastern Partnership strategy is disappointing

Distance should not be a criterion: Georgia is better prepared for EU membership than the frontrunners of the Western Balkans, writes Andrius Kubilius. While the...

MEP Kubilius: European Parliament has adopted the main provisions proposed by us regarding the future East Partnership strategy and the EU Russia strategy

The European Parliament (EP) adopted an important report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy.

MEPs expressed support for Poland seeking to defend the real European and World War II history

On 15 January, the European Parliament members of the European People‘s Party group, Andrius Kubilius and Rasa Juknevičienė participated in the press conference “Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second World War” in Strasbourg.

Andrius Kubilius. On Western strategy towards Russia

There are two lines of thinking among the politicians in the EU on relations with Russia.

EP calls for countering Russia’s attempts to whitewash Soviet crimes

The European Parliament called on the European Commission on Thursday to counter Russia's attempts to whitewash crimes committed by the Soviet totalitarian regime.

Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian candidate for the position of Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will attend meetings in Helsinki, London and Brussels

Following a decision of the Board of the Seimas, Mr Andrius Kubilius, Member of the Seimas, will attend the meetings as part of the campaign for the election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.