The New Government in Lithuania: Prospects and Challenges
The New Government in Lithuania: Prospects and Challenges

Author(s): Kinga Raś
Subject(s): Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Lithuania; Baltic states; government; political parties
Summary/Abstract: Lithuania’s new government of the Lithuanian Union of Farmers and Greens, which won this October’s election, and the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania will be sworn in by 15 December. The coalition government may prove to be an obstacle to the implementation of the ambitious social-policy plans that were at the centre of the campaign. Lithuania’s foreign policy will not change. Indications from the victorious party about the untapped potential of Polish-Lithuanian cooperation probably are unlikely to translate into a solution to contentious issues, including those concerning the ethnic Polish minority in Lithuania. However, the change of government is another opportunity to improve these relations.

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