After the latest assessments of political parties and politicians, which brought a record for the Social Democrats and a low point for the Conservatives in November, political analysts also had their say, Agnė Liubertaitė says […]
If the conservatives decide to send Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to next year’s presidential elections, she would start from a very uncomfortable position, explains Saulius Spurga, a political scientist at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), lrytas.lt […]
The government ship, tossed to and fro by various crises, is sailing into 2022 with the same crew it left port with. Not a single member has changed in the first year of Ingrida Šimonytė’s […]
The political climate is increasingly marked by rating fluctuations. Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, the speaker of the Seimas and leader of the Liberal Movement, who was among the most popular politician just a year ago, is now […]
Last week, two striking episodes rocked the national political landscape – the ongoing issue of the transit of Belaruskalij fertilisers through Lithuania and the periodic defections of politicians from the largest opposition party, the Lithuanian […]
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union no longer have its Speaker of the Parliament nor their Prime Minister, says Saulius Spurga. The situation of the Farmers and Greens is becoming more complicated: the party […]
With less than a year and a half to the 2020 Seimas elections, the parties were given an excellent opportunity to measure their strength through the European Parliament elections. Political scientists contacted by tv3.lt state […]
We know love is blind. It is inexplicable. We can say the same about voter sympathies. Sociologist, after evaluating citizens’ interests, social status and prevalent moods can in part guess their preferences, though truth be told, typically it is already past facts that are analysed, which are granted a more or less suitable basis post factum, Saulius Spurga writes on lzinios.lt. […]
The nearing presidential elections will be rather different to the past two. In 2009, there was a clear leader and a second round wasn’t even needed, while in 2014 a second round did happen, but there was very little intrigue, lrt.lt writes. This time, however, things will be interesting – it will definitely be a new politician, who will arrive in Daukantas Square. Will this bring about greater voter turnout? […]
With a third more civic electoral committees aiming to participate in the municipal elections than during the last, Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has stated that the conditions for establishing and operating parties should be simplified or made alike those of the committees. Political scientists believe otherwise – that committee founding and operation conditions should be made more akin to parties, whose accountability to voters is greater, lrt.lt writes. […]
With potential Conservatives presidential candidate Vygaudas Ušackas declaring that the parties primaries could become a “closed party”, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) veterans Irena Degutienė and Rasa Juknevičienė do not conceal their outrage […]
Political scandals have been reducing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s ratings for three months in a row now. Political scientists state that this was caused by both the corruption scandal, which drew the president in, as well […]
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) parliamentary investigation and the accompanying “Farmer” and Conservative urgings to take up deeper analysis only show that this is simply the first stage of a conflict between […]
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