The leaders of the three right-wing parties – the Fatherland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party – have expressed their willingness to form a government headed by Ingrid Shimonite.
As “Interfax” reports, the opposition conservatives won the elections to the Lithuanian Seimas and began negotiations on the establishment of a ruling centre-right coalition with the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party.
According to preliminary data, the conservatives of the “Fatherland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats” have secured 50 mandates and together with the coalition partners will get a small majority in the Seimas,” the report says, “after the meeting in the Seimas on Monday night, the Chairmen of the three parties adopted a joint declaration that they are ready to form a government headed by Ingrid Simonite.
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