The cabinet of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is approaching the line where half of its original members will have been replaced, necessitating a confirmation vote in parliament.
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Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis has decided to run for parliament in the upcoming elections with the Peasant and Green Union.
Most Lithuanian members of the European Parliament are not planning to run for seats in the national parliament, Seimas, this October. Many are likely to have been deterred by new electoral rules which would automatically deprive elected MPs of their seats in the EP.
Most observers reckon that, after the Seimas elections, the nucleus of the ruling coalition will be made up of Social Democrats and Liberals, with Ramūnas Karbauskas’s Peasant and Green party and other independent parties contributing to the coalition as well.
Five parties would pass the 5-percent threshold and secure seats in the Lithuanian Parliament if elections were to take place in the nearest future, the latest public opinion poll has revealed.
The Liberal Movement has improved its position in terms of the number of council seats following the Sunday local elections in Lithuania, compared to the last municipal elections in 2011.
The Liberal Movement of Lithuania can boast its most impressive and sustainable rating leap, say political experts referring to sociological research.
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December.
Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular political party in the country, although its rating has fallen somewhat, according to a Vilmorus opinion poll released by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday.
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in Lithuania, while its coalition partner the Labour Party has seen the largest drop in ratings, according to a recent survey published by the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
Lithuania's Order and Justice party, which has won two mandates in the European Parliament, has been left with a debt of nearly 1 million litas (EUR 289,000), shows a financial report submitted to the Central Electoral Commission.
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVZS) has criticized the memorandum signed between the Ministry of Energy and the Japanese corporation Hitachi and is demanding to provide an alternative to the planned Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project.
