Gabrielius Landsbergis EN Archives - Page 14 of 20

Budget 2017 – who will be better of next year?

December 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

The President and the new government have stressed a number of times that one of the greatest tasks for next year would be to reduce social segregation. The 2017 budget allocates over half a billion euro to social needs. The Prime Minister promises larger pensions, wages are to rise for educators, police officers. However the Seimas opposition says that without structural reform, it will be difficult to reduce poverty and social segregation. […]

MPs unimpressed by Peasants’ proposal to change election date

December 23, 2016 BNS EN 0

The ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union’s idea of changing the date of parliamentary elections and curtail the current parliament’s term by six months has caused major doubts among other parliamentarians. […]

New and future parties leaders: Who will rise from the ashes and whose end is nearing?

December 23, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Seimas elections knocked out all three political powers previously in the majority – the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP). The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Social Democrats (TS-LKD) […]

What prevents opposition to R. Karbauskis in Seimas?

December 21, 2016 LT Daily 0

The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas. […]

Election promises left out of new govt’s programme – opposition

December 13, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian opposition lawmakers say that a significant part of the coalition parties’ pre-election promises have not been included in the new government’s program. […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis

Political scientist – Lithuania could go the way of Poland

December 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union won the election on a platform of combatting social segregation and raising wages, but so far the actions of the new government betray more interest in identity questions, Alfa.lt […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis ir Algirdas Butkevičius

Social Democrats and Conservatives – a quest for identity

December 7, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The two largest and up to then most significant parties in Lithuania, the Social Democrats and the Conservatives, not only did not win the elections, albeit losing very differently, but are also standing at a sort of crossroads. Plagued by internal dissent they are seeking their future, striving to free themselves of a crisis of identity and to define their values. Meanwhile political scientists believe that average voters care little who rules – the left or the right, what matters is who resolves their problems. […]

Seimas founds May 3 Group for natl minority policies

December 5, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s parliament last week established a group for national minority policies, naming it May 3 Group in honor of the historic legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. […]

Peasants climb in opinion poll rankings, support for SocDems drops

December 1, 2016 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) continues to gain in popularity after October’s parliamentary elections, in which the party scored a resounding victory, while support for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is on the decline, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website on Thursday. […]

Conservatives to elect their leader on February 11-12

November 30, 2016 BNS EN 0

The conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats will hold an early election for the party’s chairman on Feb. 11-12, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the conservatives’ current leader, said on Wednesday. […]

After heated meeting – demarche from Christian wing of the Conservatives

November 30, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Party union Lithuanian Christian Democrats published a declaration regarding the situation in the party on 29 November. […]

Vitalijus Gailius, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Eugenijus Gentvilas

Criticism for opposition disagreements pointed at G. Landsbergis

November 28, 2016 LT Daily 0

The new Seimas opposition has so far been unable to find common ground, more specifically the Conservtives and the Liberals. A result of this – there is and in the near future most likely won’t […]

Conservatives’ leader Landsbergis wants leadership election held earlier

November 28, 2016 BNS EN 0

Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), has suggested that election to the party’s leadership should be moved to an earlier date to give party members an opportunity to state their opinion about the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections. […]

Virgis Valentinavičius, Gabrielius Landsbergis

Conservatives need a new message and a unifying leader?

November 24, 2016 LT Daily 0

Now is a suitable time for the Homeland Union to take care of its unity, seek a new core message and perhaps – a new chairman. Such was the view of political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius talking to LRT.lt. […]

Conservatives, liberals fail to agree on opposition leader

November 24, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s new parliament will have to do without an opposition leader, at least for now, as the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Liberal Movement, the biggest opposition parties, have failed to reach a deal on the post. […]

Those against Skvernelis‘ candidacy revealed

November 22, 2016 DELFI 0

The largest opposition fractions – the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement did not support the “Peasant” candidate for the seat of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Gintaras Steponavičius

Bad news from the Liberals to G. Landsbergis

November 17, 2016 DELFI 0

The Liberal Movement has refused to form a fraction coalition in Seimas with the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). This was confirmed to Delfi by Liberal Movement fraction prefect Eugenijus Gentvilas. […]

Lithuanian MPs form 6 political groups

November 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s new Seimas will have six political groups and a mixed group of parliamentarians who have not joined any of the six groups. […]

During the first session of the Seimas for 2016-2020

Karbauskis addresses concerns – “controlling” posts will go to opposition

November 14, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis is attempting to ease the future opposition’s concerns – “controlling” posts in various parliamentary committees and commissions will go specifically to the opposition. Earlier unofficial information […]

Conservatives, Liberals, Order and Justice opt for opposition, Poles undecided

November 10, 2016 BNS EN 0

The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Order and Justice have opted to be in the opposition in the next Seimas and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) expects to decide on Monday whether or not to support the new ruling majority in the parliament. […]