[3] The prominence of public election committees has been described as the result of an ongoing crisis of confidence in political parties in Lithuania.
[4][5] A public electoral committee is established by voters who reside in the municipality in which candidates are standing.
However, the establishment and operation of committees is simpler compared to political parties - parties require a minimum of 2000 signatures to be established, whereas a committee only requires a small number (only 22 for European Parliament elections).
[8] On 9 November 2010, the court made a similar ruling that existing laws on elections to the European Parliament violate the Constitution by allowing only political parties to compete.
In 2013, the Seimas amended European Parliament electoral law to allow the establishment of public election committees.