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Lithuania's opposition social democrats have suggested keeping the country's existing level of defense spending at 2 percent GDP and not to increase it.

The Opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania's popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to the latest opinion poll released on Monday.

Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade.

Lithuania's parliamentary parties will sign a defense policy agreement next Monday, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Thursday.

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs approved on Wednesday a draft law paving the way for the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDLP) to get a state subsidy.

All of Lithuania's parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties' leaders to discuss the country's defense policy for the next decade.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government's proposed agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain the most popular parties in Lithuania, according to a new survey by Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday.

The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania's popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to an opinion poll released on Tuesday.