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The political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party for now includes both members of the party and those who have been expelled from the party over signing the cooperation agreement with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union against the party's will.
The statements by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party's leader Gintautas Paluckas about the end of the old era with exit of a few influential veterans overestimate his potential, says reviewer Kęstutis Girnius.
Eight members of the political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party terminated their membership in the party on Saturday, just an hour before the Social Democratic Party's council was planned to consider their expulsion over refusal to obey the party's decision.
After eight long-standing and influential members left the Social Democratic Party on Saturday, the party's leader Gintautas Paluckas said this marked an end of a certain era, bot not drama.
Lithuanian voters would cast most votes for Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, SEB bank president's adviser Gitanas Nausėda and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis in presidential elections, shows an opinion poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday.
The Ethics and Procedures Commission of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party on Saturday proposed expelling ten of the party's members who disobeyed the council's decision to leave the ruling coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s (LSDP) MPs who have opted to continue cooperation with the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), want the party’s congress to annul the decision by the party’s council to withdraw from the coalition.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), are ranked as Lithuania's most influential politicians, the Delfi.lt news website reported, citing the results of two separate opinion polls.