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Fitch Ratings says that the inclusion of the Social Democrats in Lithuania's new coalition government reduces policy uncertainty after last month's parliamentary elections, in which the Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) scored a surprise victory, and believes that "material changes to economic, fiscal and social policy agendas are unlikely".
In the mint factory
In the mint factory
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"The presence of the Social Democrats (in the coalition) should support policy continuity, and reinforces our pre-election view that structural reform would continue," the ratings agency said in a press release on Tuesday.

"The key near-term initiative is the new social model covering labor

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