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The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, founded in Vilnius in 1896, was the first political party in modern Lithuania. It emerged at the same time as many of the left-wing parties in Western Europe, and its program is based on the ideas of the Second International, as well as the programs of German, Austrian and Polish social democratic parties.
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Krupavičius, A. (2013). Lithuania. In: De Waele, JM., Escalona, F., Vieira, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-29380-0_24
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