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"Mr President, Lithuania has been a member of the European Union since 2004, which means that it should comply with the legal obligations arising under Community legislation. Unfortunately, this is not the case. One of the fundamental rights of every human being is the right to property and the right to inherit property, in particular land. The extent to which a country recognises this right is an indication of its level of democracy.
After 1939, private property, and in particular land, was confiscated in Lithuania in line with Soviet law. After the country gained independence, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court ruled that all vacant and undeveloped land was to be returned in kind to the rightful owners or their heirs. Unfortunately, the Lithuanian executive and autonomous local authorities pay little attention to the sacred right to property. In defiance of court rulings, they have failed to return land that was seized many years ago. This primarily affects Poles living in Lithuania, who constitute a sizeable national minority. By acting in this way, Lithuania is not only violating the right to property, but also discriminating against national minorities, in this case the Polish minority. It is time that the relevant parliamentary committees looked into this matter."@en1
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