On Thursday, the Lithuanian parliament Seimas removed a draft civil union bill, which proposes to legalise same-sex partnerships, from its spring session agenda.
Fifty-nine MPs voted in favour of the proposal, 44 voted against, and 10 abstained.
The opposition groups of the Farmers and Greens Union, the Labour Party, and the Democratic Union “For Lithuania”, as well as 13 representatives of the ruling conservatives and two MPs of the Liberal Movement, voted in favour of removing the bill from the agenda.
The civil union bill was drafted by the Freedom Party, which is also part of the ruling coalition.
The Seimas spring agenda was adopted on Thursday, with 89 votes in favour, 13 against, and 13 abstentions.
The civil union law passed the first reading in the parliament last spring by a slim margin.
Lithuania does not have a civil partnership law for either same-sex or opposite-sex couples. The constitution, meanwhile, explicitly precludes same-sex marriage.
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