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With the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) considering pulling out of the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will seek support for his government's program from all political groups in the parliament.

Gintautas Paluckas, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Wednesday hit back at criticism from the chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), saying that Ramūnas Karbauskis' comments reveal a dangerous propensity for authoritarianism that should cause concern t...

With an eye on elections, Gintautas Paluckas, chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), wants to pull his party out of the ruling coalition with Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Ramūnas Karbauskis, the LFGU chairman, said on Wednesday.

Today there are now grounds to speak about an early parliamentary election in Lithuania, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

Gediminas Kirkilas, vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), is initiating an agreement with the party's senior coalition partner, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), under which the ruling majority would commit to approving several initiatives put forward by the S...

The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have overtaken the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) as the country's most popular party, according to a RAIT opinion poll commissioned by BNS.

The ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is not popular with the general public, but people do not see any other strong alternative, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS.

Amid proposals from some branches of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party to withdraw from the ruling coalition, three former leaders – ex-PMs Algirdas Butkevičius and Gediminas Kirkilas, as well as former parliamentary speaker Česlovas Juršėnas – insist that the party should stay in the bloc.

Lithuania's ruling coalition is working in a stable and consistent manner, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis after a meeting of the coalition's political council.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party should remain in the ruling coalition to keep stability in the state, says the party's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the decision to turn to the party's branches aimed at shirking responsibility.