Based on the ruling parties’ results in the municipal elections, we can predict their potential results in the Seimas elections.
Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party
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In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, whic...
On Monday, the composition of municipal councils is beginning to emerge.
Something special should be said on a morning such as this. Indeed, elections, which are the most important for most, were just held. Firstly, important because mayors and municipal council members are the closest to the people of all the branches of government. And second, these elections will chan...
On Sunday night, the results of the municipal council and mayor elections emerged. Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) political scientist and docent Mažvydas Jastramskis spoke that these elections were akin to three exams: an exam of democracy, a...
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party could back the presidential bid of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis if he chose to run for president, however the party is also considering the candidacies of Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, ...
Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political parties emerge, draw voters for a few years and then vanish. The Way of Courage, the National Revival Party, A. Paulauskas’ New Union, the Modern Christian Democrat Union, the Lithu...
Two ministries remain without a minister – education and science, as well as environment. The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union partners, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party are proposing their own candidate to the office of environment minister, their Seimas group prefect Andrius Palioni...
Eugenijus Jovaiša, Mindaugas Puidokas, Robertas Šarknickas and Kęstutis Mažeika are “Farmer” group members, whose names are, according to lrt.lt sources, brought up among the potential candidates to the recently freed minister positions. The “Farmer” leaders do not reveal yet, what candidacies are b...
On Tuesday, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Union (LLRA-KŠS) organised a press conference in Seimas, where they presented their position on joining the coalition government. According to the party’s representatives, so far a decision on joining has not been made and e...
The Social Democrats and Order and Justice are the parties, which could draw the closest to the leading Conservatives and “Farmers”, political scientists tell lrt.lt.
Lithuania's ruling block on Thursday failed to muster enough votes to override President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto of amendments aimed at providing a state subsidy to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis rejected on Wednesday criticism from President Dalia Grybauskaitė's office over the pace of defense budget growth.
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday called on the parliament to consider President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto and proposals on state subsidies for political parties.
The Seimas of Lithuania will seek to reject President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto blocking plans to provide a state subsidy to the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania this year.
The Lithuanian parliament will reject the president's veto blocking plans to provide a state subsidy to the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania this year, the party's leader Gediminas Kirkilas says.
