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 "slug": "lithuania-constitutional-ban-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-article-137",
 "title": "Lithuania Moves to Strip Its Constitutional Ban on Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Military Bases",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-constitutional-ban-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-article-137/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-constitutional-ban-nuclear-weapons-foreign-bases-article-137/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-03T13:52:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:51.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVilnius, 3 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * After meeting party leaders on 2 July 2026, President Gitanas Nausėda said Article 137 of Lithuania's constitution — barring both weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases — should be removed, not merely amended\n * On 3 July, 50 members of the Seimas formally registered the amendment; passage requires a two-thirds majority — 94 of 141 seats — in two votes at least three months apart\n * Speaker Juozas Olekas stressed Lithuania “does",
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  "defense-policy",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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  "finland",
  "france",
  "germany",
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