The coalition government sworn in on December 13.
The Peasant and Greens Union (LVZS) won a landslide victory in the October Seimas (parliament) elections. The party is inexperienced, diverse and eclectic, the government programme is vague and policy positions are not fixed. Their Social Democrat (LSDP) junior coalition partners led the previous government but are in shock after electoral failure.
If the LVZS disappoints Lithuanians weary of poverty, injustice and inequality, their distrust in authority and democracy will increase.
Lithuania will remain pro-EU and anti-Brexit, anxious to protect Lithuanian migrants’ rights in the United Kingdom.
Fear of Russia will make Lithuania less prone to radical right-wing, nationalistic or undemocratic views.
