The victors of this year’s election to Seimas, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) is beginning negotiations with the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) on building a new cabinet. While there is no coalition agreement yet, it is already becoming clearer who will take what officers in Seimas and the ministerial cabinet. […]
With the Seimas election a week past, political scientist Vytautas Keršanskas compares it with previous elections and notes that this year’s coalition negotiations are particularly slow. In 2008 and 2012, politicians were inclined to form […]
The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats will not hold coalition talks with the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) while they will be negotiating with the Social Democrats, the conservative party’s leader said on Friday. […]
The Liberal Movement is far better off staying in the opposition and entering conflict with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS). However if they partner with the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), […]
“Having constantly repeated that we will form a coalition government with the “Peasants” during the election campaign and now using fairly disreputable means to push this decision away from ourselves, we do not appear very […]
“Peasant” negotiator Povilas Urbšys spoke in an Alfa.lt conference, stating that the first days of negotiations with potential coalition partners were not easy and both parties invited to the coalition intend to make decisions and […]
What would the “Peasants” do if in the end neither the Conservatives, nor the Social Democrats joined a coalition with them? Would they attempt to invite the Order and Justice or Electoral Action of Poles […]
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) leadership is unwilling to work in a coalition with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) who won the Seimas election. In part this is due to […]
On October 23 voters closed the door on a number of political old guard, the hopes of many who wished to keep their membership in Seimas were broken. The moods of those who failed to be re-elected vary – some intend to savour their freedom, some intend to seek work or spend time with their families. In total there will be 82 new faces in Seimas, 5 of them returning after a break. 59 members of Seimas were re-elected, but a large number of the old guard will be gone. […]
Conservative (TS-LKD) public discourse has continued to suggest and now they have formally stated in negotiations with Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) that they would like to see the Liberal Movement included in their […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) sticks to the idea of forming a broad coalition of three parties after Tuesday’s consultations with the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, but the conservatives say they will not work together with the Social Democrats and want the Liberal Movement brought in. […]
If the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) formed a coalition government with the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), it is possible that the latter would disappear as a significant party after next election political […]
New faces in Lithuania’s parliament and government are a positive thing, Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus said on Tuesday, commenting on the results of the Seimas elections. […]
So far Ramūnas Karbauskis has been speaking of a broad coalition, with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) sitting on his right and the Social Democrats (LSDP) on his left. However neither of the two veteran parties want […]
With the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS), its candidate for Minister of Finance Stasys Jakeliūnas spoke to Delfi on the first tasks he plans to focus on if he were to take the post. Delfi reminds that for two years (up to the end of 2014) he was PM Algirdas Butkevičius advisor for finance, but resigned, citing issues with working productively. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), which is set to lead the next coalition government after winning the most seats in parliamentary elections, has set up a working group for consultations with the Social Democrats and the conservative the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, with meetings expected to start on Tuesday. […]
The loss of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Kaunas, a city long held to be a Conservative bastion, was caused by the rise of an opposing force believe political analysts spoken […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has wished the Peasant and Green Union, which triumphed in the parliamentary elections, to set up a transparent and responsible ruling coalition. […]
Liberal Movement frontrunner Eugenijus Gentvilas sees no reason to form a negotiation bloc with the Conservatives. He believes that while the parties agree on a number of points, there are also a number of differences, […]
Former Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) Chairman and former PM Andrius Kubilius identified the main mistake made by the Conservatives which could have hurt the party’s chances in the second round of voting. […]
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