social model

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Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked the European Commission (EC) to apply a reserve clause for the country to be able to have a bigger deficit of public finance during implementation of a structural reform – the new social model.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed into law the reforms of the pension system and the state-run social insurer Sodra, part of the so-called new social model that has been subject to heated discussions. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

After six months of debates, Lithuania’s Seimas (parliament) on Tuesday voted on a new and highly disputed Labour Code, which, if signed into law by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, will come into effect in 2017. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

the Lithuania Tribune, LRT

The new Labour Code and Social Model that Lithuania's ruling coalition plan to push through before the end of their term is drawing both criticism and praise. A range of leading experts give their view of whether it is a great step forward, or backwards.