Now at @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au on Nostr: A "historic victory" for the Social Democrats in Lithuania's parliamentary elections: ...

A "historic victory" for the Social Democrats in Lithuania's parliamentary elections: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2399206/lithuanian-social-democratic-leader-hails-historic-election-victory

"Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), has described her party’s success in the parliamentary election as a “historic victory” and said that the Social Democrats are not planning any new reforms while in power.

"“We, the Social Democrats, have achieved a historic victory, something we probably haven’t seen in decades. We won both in single-member constituencies, where we secured as many as 34 seats, and in the multi-member constituency, where we took 18 seats,” Blinkevičiūtė told a post-election press conference on Monday.

"“Our party’s election program clearly states [...] that we do not plan any new reforms,” she said.

"Blinkevičiūtė reiterated that the LSDP will continue coalition talks with both the Democratic Union ("For Lithuania”) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union."

(As an aside, Lithuania's equivalent to the Australian Nationals is the same party as its Greens. Because why wouldn't farmers who live off the land be concerned about the environment?)

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