Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

PM: President failed to pass impartiality test during Seimas elections

The leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, outgoing Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, says he had sensed pressure from President Dalia Grybauskaitė upon voters for more than a year to not support the Social Democrats, accusing her of failing to pass the test of impartiality. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

Karbauskis gathering 2 coalitions: a formal and a value-based one

The Peasant and Greens Union is continuing negotiations with the Social Democrat Party. On October 31 the representatives of both parties met in Seimas where they discussed their next steps. Representing the Social Democrats were […]

Mindaugas Jurkynas
CORPORATE

“Peasant” weight in the coalition could drown the SocDems

The Social Democrats have chosen to begin negotiations on a coalition with the “Peasants.” In the aftermath of all that has been said in the week after the elections it looks logical. You could suspect that both the Conservatives and Social Democrats found it hard to cope with the idea of being the junior, not senior partner in the coalition, however the latter had fewer grudges against the winners. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Gediminas Kirkilas
CORPORATE

Are SocDems going to be content with the role of junior partner?

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 […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

No LLRA or Order and Justice in coalition with “Peasants” after all

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 […]