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Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) expect to start the parliament's fall session on Sunday with an agreement on joint work, despite differences within the LSDP over the future of the government coalition.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party's (LSDP) decision on whether or not to stay in the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) will have no major impact on the parliament's work.

Gintautas Paluckas, chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), describes a proposal by Andrius Palionis, head of the LSDP political group in the Seimas, to sign a memorandum on cooperation with lawmakers of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) as "a slap in the face".

The political groups of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) in the Seimas plan to sign a memorandum on cooperation during the parliament's upcoming fall session.

With an eye on elections, Gintautas Paluckas, chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), wants to pull his party out of the ruling coalition with Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Ramūnas Karbauskis, the LFGU chairman, said on Wednesday.

Some members of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed establishing the institute of the Lithuanian passport as an alternative to emigrants who do not have Lithuanian citizenship.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis disagrees with the proposal made by their coalition partners, the Social Democrats, to lower the value-added tax (VAT) tariff on food products, saying that the step would not lower prices.

Partners in Lithuania's ruling coalition, the Social Democrats, suggest introducing a reduced value-added tax (VAT) on main food products and again proposed progressive taxes, says Andrius Palionis, elder of the party's political group.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party should remain in the ruling coalition to keep stability in the state, says the party's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the decision to turn to the party's branches aimed at shirking responsibility.

Thirteen of the 19 members of the political group of the Social Democratic Party do not want to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says Andrius Palionis, the leader of the political group.