The political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, which has left the ruling coalition, will sign a cooperation agreement with the ruling Farmers and Green Union's MPs.
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After the Social Democratic Party's council on Saturday decided to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis decided to call off his plans to visit Georgia.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party's decision to exit the coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union is short-sighted, and their argumentation is based on demagogy, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.
Lithuania's Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius intend to stay in the government, while Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius is resigning.
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius stated on 23 September he wanted to stay on as the country's diplomacy chief and would leave the Social democratic Party that had moved to leave the ruling coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union.
The Social Democratic Party's decision to leave the ruling coalition puts Lithuania in the risk of instability, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
The presidium of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) decided on Thursday not to give the green light for the party's lawmakers to sign a deal on joint work with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Unions (LFGU) until the party's council makes a final decision on whether or not to withdraw fr...
If the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) withdraws from the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), its ministers and heads of parliamentary committees should step down too, Lithuania's EU commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, who is the LSDP's honorary cha...
The leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) says that his party's relations with its ruling coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), are good, adding that the position of LSDP Chairman Gintautas Paluckas, who has said that the Social Democrats may consider p...
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has pledged to sign legal amendments on reforms of the forestry sector, giving a critical opinion of the process of their adoption.
Members of the presidium of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) plan to meet in Vilnius on Thursday to discuss the situation in the ruling coalition.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will likely decide in late September or early October whether or not to stay in the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Gintautas Paluckas, the LSDP chairman, said on Wednesday.
In her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday was rather critical of the ruling coalition and unexpectedly voiced her support for traditional parties, political scientists told BNS.
The fate of Lithuania's ruling coalition may depend on how the Social Democrats vote on a package of measures aimed at curbing alcohol consumption, Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the bigger party in the coalition, said on May 19.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has dismissed the public discussions of the ruling coalition about split as a mistake, adding that it was the ruling bloc that had to address the situation and take the responsibility for the tensions rather than shift it upon the opposition.
Before quarrels on reforms in public, the ruling majority should discuss them within the coalition, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after the ruling coalition's conflict over restructuring of the higher education sector.