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ELECTIONS. Who will win the 2nd round and form the coalition government?

October 12, 2016 DELFI 0

Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking about money in this article because much has already been said while analysing the financial declarations of candidates. Today we speak of that which everyone is concerned with – who will win the second round and form the coalition government. […]

ELECTIONS. Social Democrat veterans urge Butkevičius to resign

October 12, 2016 LT Daily 0

Social Democrat (LSDP) honorary chairman Aloyzas Sakalas makes no effort to sugarcoat his words. He has stated that after such election results Algirdas Butkevičius should resign as party chairman.“During Butkevičius’ term the Social Democrats have […]

ELECTIONS. Karbauskis speaks on the new Labour Code

October 12, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is convinced that the new Labour Code that the current Seimas passed recently is in dire need of amending, while employers should consider what sort of […]

Reflecting on pre-ELECTION polling

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Conservatives and “Peasants” obtained better election results than predicted by polls through voter loyalty, low turnout among the Social Democrat electorate and the various scandals surrounding the incumbent coalition government believe sociologists. Polls by […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Rolandas Paksas, Valentinas Mazuronis, Saulius Skvernelis

ELECTIONS. Who will form a coalition and who will take the most desirable posts?

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

With the first round of elections concluded, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) remains fairly reserved, awaiting second round results. They are currently neck and neck with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who have exceeded their […]

ELECTIONS. Single-mandate district duels – old guard losing positions

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

Tension continues to run high after the elections. The opposition parties have exerted dominance over their incumbent colleagues in single-mandate electoral districts as well where veteran politicians have had to concede to new challengers, being left in second places at best. Even fame has done little to offset this in some cases. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis and Saulius Skvernelis

ELECTIONS. Three key ‘Peasants’ economics proposals. Analysis

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

One of the winners of the Seimas elections, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) stresses its support of a social market economy. Their programme contains a number of proposals that can be seen as […]

Remigijus Šimašius and Eugenijus Gentvilas

ELECTIONS. Liberal Movement preparing for coalition negotiations

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Liberal Movement has set up a work group for negotiations with potential coalition partners and have agreed on the topics they want to see included in the new cabinet’s programme. Liberal Movement representative Martynas […]

Rally against the amendments to the Labour Code in the front of the Government Office

ELECTIONS. Karbauskis repeats – the Labour Code will be amended

October 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

The elections haven’t even concluded yet, but the “Peasants” are already promising to work on the Labour Code. Meanwhile business representatives are critical of such plans, while political analysts are sceptical, believing that this is just a continuation of the electoral campaign. […]

Press Conference after the Seimas elections

First round of ELECTIONS – electoral rolls and party results

October 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Seimas elections stormed by and wiped out the incumbent coalition parties. Based on preliminary data the Homeland Union – Lithuania Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) led by Gabrielius Landsbergis is neck and neck for the lead […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Gabrielius Landsbergis ir Saulius Skvernelis

ELECTIONS. 2ND round predictions – which leaders have the most chances

October 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

Though the number of Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) candidates entering the second round of elections is roughly equal, some specialists believe there is little to […]

Jastramskis. Intermediary ELECTIONS awards

October 10, 2016 Mazvydas Jastramskis 0

The elections have ended and we will continue to analyse the results for the next few days. Much has been said in other formats (most likely more will be), but with this entry I would like to summarise the first round of elections in the format of an awards ceremony. […]

ELECTIONS. First round of the Seimas elections. Analysis.

October 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

A representative of the statutory class at the top of the political pyramid is an exceptionally bad thing, thus seeing Saulius Skvernelis in the Prime Minister‘s chair would be a great mistake. Thus observes Vytautas […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Saulius Skvernelis

ELECTIONS. Political analysts predict a coalition of rightist parties

October 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

With the first round of the Seimas elections concluding, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) have taken the lead, with both parties very close in vote […]

Vilpišauskas. A look at the leading parties‘ EU policies

October 10, 2016 Ramunas Vilpisauskas 0

Public surveys shows (the text in Lithuanian was published on October 3) that there are three parties that have the biggest chance to form the leading coalition: the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), the […]

ELECTIONS. Social Democrats reflect on their loss

October 10, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Midnight on October 9, the Social Democrats (LSDP) were confident that they will be among the parties that will form the coalition government. With the results starting to arrive from the multi-mandate electoral districts, however, they had to admit defeat. […]

Skvernelis during the last TV debate on LRT

ELECTIONS. Analysis. Social policy debate – another victory for the “Peasants”

October 7, 2016 LT Daily 0

The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only one point. Furthermore most experts agree that G. Landsbergis’ (TS-LKD) closing statement was the strongest, while S. Skvernelis’ (LVŽS) speech was decent, but reading off a paper made for a bad image. […]