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The Seimas opposition blocked on Thursday the ruling bloc's unexpected proposal to give the greenlight for the government to borrow money not only for increasing the defense budget, but also for providing funding to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
The Lithuanian Seimas is set to launch a new parliamentary investigation into political corruption during the tenure of previous governments.
The Seimas opposition blocked on Tuesday an overhaul of public funding of political parties that would have paved the way for allocating over 200,000 euros in state budget funds to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs says that the Seimas would probably breach the principle of equal treatment if it removed the election threshold for ethnic minority parties.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday criticized legislative initiatives to lower the referendum threshold as "irresponsible" and "dangerous", calling on lawmakers to instead look for ways to encourage voters to turn out for a dual citizenship referendum.
The Order and Justice party joined on Tuesday the ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP) in the parliament.
The Opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania's popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to the latest opinion poll released on Monday.
Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade.
The Seimas is likely to override President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto on amendments lowering the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament said on Tuesday.
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Papierz says that relations between Lithuania and Poland are being developed in a positive direction.
All of Lithuania's parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties' leaders to discuss the country's defense policy for the next decade.
The Lithuanian parliament's board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government's proposed agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal