Lithuania

A change in government looks almost inevitable later this year, as Lithuania prepares for the parliamentary election scheduled for October. A recent poll by Vilmorus shows that support for the ruling Homeland Union party of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius continued to slip in April, falling to just 8.2% from 9.0% at the start of the year. The dominant opposition Social Democratic Party has been replaced as the main opposition party by the Labour Party which polled at 17.8% in April, according to the pollster, a huge increase on the 11.1% recorded as recently as February. This could have profound implications for coalition politics after the election and raise further uncertainty over Lithuania's fiscal trajectory.

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