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# Lithuania's parliament adopts record EUR 4.79 billion 2026 defence budget
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-11-lithuania-2026-defence-budget/
- Published: 2025-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:24.000Z
- Description: Lithuania's Seimas adopted the 2026 state budget on an 80 to 39 vote, setting defence spending at EUR 4.79 billion, or 5.38% of GDP, the highest share ever. Most of the sum pays instalments on CV90, Leopard 2A8, Caesar and NASAMS systems already on order.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [LRT English, 11 December 2025](https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2772232/lithuanian-seimas-approves-2026-budget-with-record-military-spending?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish any new procurement decision; most named systems were already under contract before this budget vote.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)