Inflation Picks Up Speed

Viktoras Muntianas, the leader of Civil Democracy, a junior member of the five-party ruling coalition, resigned as parliamentary speaker in late March after becoming involved in an alleged bribery scandal. But the campaign to oust Muntianas was also supported by deputies from some of the other parties of government, including members of the largest party, the Social Democratic Party. There is a risk that the episode will lead to a further deterioration in relations between the civil democrats and social democrats, who clashed earlier this year over the chairmanship of the national security and defence committee. With a general election

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