Foreign Policy, National Security and Defence
This domain tests the constitutional framework for foreign relations and defence.
Foreign policy
Lithuania conducts foreign policy in accordance with generally recognised principles and norms of international law, seeks international peace and security, and participates in international organisations. Membership in the EU and NATO is part of this framework; it does not suspend the Constitution.
National security and defence
The state defends independence, territorial integrity and constitutional order. The President is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The Seimas decides on war and peace, declares states of emergency, and adopts decisions on mobilisation and the use of armed forces. The National Defence Council considers and coordinates defence matters.
Worked example. The President alone declares war on a neighbouring state. That is unconstitutional: the President is Commander-in-Chief, but the decision on war belongs to the Seimas under the constitutional allocation of powers.
Traps. NATO membership makes Lithuania constitutionally neutral - false. The President alone declares war - false. Foreign treaties automatically override the Constitution - false. Defence is exclusively a presidential matter - false; the Seimas and Government have constitutional roles.