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Commenting on information from the Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control that, according to preliminary data, Lithuania is not the country that consumes the most alcohol, V. Čmilytė-Nielsen says that this may be related to changes in mentality and style healthy living. .
“Alcohol consumption has been decreasing in Lithuania since 2011. I think there are several aspects here, firstly perhaps the mentality is slowly changing. Now, a healthy lifestyle, sports and active leisure are the things that are becoming more and more frequent in our society, especially in the lifestyle of the younger generations, and this is probably one of the factors. that encourages less consumption, ”V. told Radio Radio on Wednesday. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
According to her, there are real measures to combat the problems associated with alcohol consumption, and there are demonstrative measures that do not work.
“A good example is the ban on the advertising of alcoholic beverages, which was not difficult to circumvent by adding the word ‘non-alcoholic’ in very small letters. Such measures are illogical, redundant and have no effect. The repeal of this type of measures and that we are debating now. I believe that in the near future a package (on – ELTA) will be presented for the repeal of some excess measures and the revision of those prohibitions that are not necessary “, said the president of Seimas.
It would not increase the retirement age, but the work capacity.
Commenting on the European Commission’s proposal to extend the working age in Lithuania to 72 years, V.Čmilytė-Nielsen emphasizes that in this case it is not a question of extending the retirement age.
“I realize that it is something like a headline because many people, seeing that headline, were afraid to think that it was referring to a drastic extension of the retirement age. “It’s a question of extending the working age, and I don’t think there is a need to be intimidated by this, or to be very attached to that number, just to separate the two, and that it is not about retirement,” he said. Knowledge Radio said Wednesday.
According to V. Čmilytė-Nielsen, there is currently no discussion in the Seimas about raising the retirement age.
