{"id":1642,"date":"2026-07-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edi.lt\/analizes-ir-komentarai\/%analysis_type%\/what-should-be-conserved-and-what-let-go\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:48:54","slug":"what-should-be-conserved-and-what-let-go","status":"publish","type":"analysis","link":"https:\/\/edi.lt\/en\/analizes-ir-komentarai\/comments\/what-should-be-conserved-and-what-let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should Be Conserved and What Let Go? Season Closing Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 2 July 2026 we closed the Institute&#8217;s political season with a discussion that asked: what should be conserved, and what should be let go?<\/p>\n<p>The starting point was a new study published by our partners, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies: The Legacy of Tradition: The Making of Lithuania&#8217;s Centre-Right by political scientist Justinas Dementavi\u010dius. It traces the ideas of Lithuanian centre right thought and their history, building on the author&#8217;s 2023 book Tradicijos palikimas. Centro de\u0161in\u0117s ideologin\u0117 vaizduot\u0117 Lietuvoje.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija.jpg\" alt=\"The Legacy of Tradition: The Making of Lithuania's Centre-Right, a study by Justinas Dementavi\u010dius\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-studija-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The discussion brought together the author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tspmi.vu.lt\/en\/zmogus\/doc-dr-justinas-dementavicius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justinas Dementavi\u010dius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lrvalstybe.lt\/kontaktai\/tevynes-sajungos-lietuvos-krikscioniu-demokratu-frakcija-18113\/laurynas-kasciunas-84684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laurynas Kas\u010di\u016bnas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lrvalstybe.lt\/kontaktai\/tevynes-sajungos-lietuvos-krikscioniu-demokratu-frakcija-18113\/radvile-morkunaite-mikuleniene-84669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radvil\u0117 Mork\u016bnait\u0117-Mikul\u0117nien\u0117<\/a>. We talked about which ideas of the centre right tradition are worth keeping and passing on, and what today&#8217;s politics should leave behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis.jpg\" alt=\"Participants talking after the discussion\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sezono-uzdarymas-2026-pokalbis-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who came for a lively conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The study is available in English on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martenscentre.eu\/publication\/the-legacy-of-tradition-the-making-of-lithuanias-centre-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martens Centre website<\/a>. More photos from the event: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1063759083363455\/posts\/969930539412977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1633,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Season closing discussion on Justinas Dementavi\u010dius' study published by the Martens Centre: which parts of the centre right tradition to keep, and which to let go.","edi_partner":"wmc","edi_project":"","edi_paper":"","edi_ext":""},"analysis_type":[24],"class_list":["post-1642","analysis","type-analysis","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","analysis_type-comments"],"acf":{"introduction_text":"","remote_url":"","pdf":null,"author":[338],"footnotes":null,"related":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Should Be Conserved and What Let Go? 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