Lithuania Decides Its Constitution Doesn't Need a Ban on Nukes
Lithuania looked at its neighborhood map, sighed deeply, and decided that a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear weapons feels a bit too naive for the 2020s.
A group of 50 lawmakers just filed an amendment to scrap Article 137 of the constitution, which currently prohibits foreign military bases and weapons of mass destruction on Lithuanian soil. President Gitanas Nausėda backed the move, noting that party leaders across the board agree the rule is hopelessly outdated.
The goal is not to deploy warheads tomorrow in peacetime, but to legally clear the runway if deterrence ever demands it. Pushing the change through will require two separate supermajority votes in parliament spaced months apart, but the political signal is loud and clear.
Living next door to an aggressive revisionist power has a way of turning decades of pacifist constitutional text into an unnecessary liability.
Source: LRT
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