Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said on Tuesday that she has no plans to run for the post of European commissioner.
“I know nothing about it, and I definitely have no such plans,” Šimonytė told LRT RADIO when asked about speculations that she could be Lithuania’s candidate for the European Commission.
The next European Commission will be appointed after the European Parliament elections scheduled for June 2024.
Lithuania’s candidate for the European Commission is nominated by the government, in consultation with the president and the parliament.
Lithuania’s current European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, who was delegated by the previous government of the Farmers and Greens Union, is in charge of the environment, oceans and fisheries.
Šimonytė also said that she will announce on Wednesday whether she will seek the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats’ nomination to run for Lithuanian president next year.
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