Lithuania stuck in a rut when it comes to reforms, says Grybauskaitė

In an interview with LRT, she emphasized certain concerns raised by the European Commission – that Lithuania had made limited progress over the last year.

“The same problems are being repeated: our level of poverty and social isolation is among the highest, there are too many taxes for low-income earners, labour market regulations are too strict, and there is low energy efficiency,” the president said.

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She also pointed out that, this year, the country will have to try to solve problems that have been dragging on for several years in a row.

“Fiscal stability, better tax collection, a strong labour market and social security system, the liberalisation of the labour market, and pension reform remain the fundamental issues that Lithuania has yet to solve,” said Grybauskaitė.

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