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At its siting, the Seimas held a discussion on the future of the European Union (EU), including the current situation in the EU, recent developments in the EU, EU policy aspects and challenges with the greatest potential effect on Lithuania, a Seimas press release states.
Lithuania has to ensure technological progress and innovation to avoid falling into a middle-income trap, a senior European Commission (EC) official said on Wednesday.
The European Commission is proposing cutting support to Lithuania for rural development in 2021-2027 by 317 million euros, Lithuanian EU Commissioner for Health and Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis told BNS Lithuania on Tuesday.
Lithuania's government will try to negotiate more of EU cohesion support for regional development after the European Commission suggested cutting such support by 13 percent in the new budget, Vice Minister of Finance Miglė Tuskienė says.
The EU's cohesion support for Lithuania may decline by around one-fifth in the bloc's new budget for 2021 to 2027.
Under the European Commission's proposal, direct payments to Lithuanian farmers would reach only 80 percent of the EU's average level within the next decade, Lithuanian diplomats say.
The European Commission proposes to allocate 552 million euros at current prices in the EU's 2021-2027 budget for the decommissioning of Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP).
