Liberals in the new coalition want to change children’s money: not all families need it

“We criticized the universal child benefit when it was debated in the Seimas,” the president of the Liberal Movement told Delfi Day.

“This measure is very good for reducing poverty, it is effective, but it is also expensive. And there is a contradiction that both the poorest and the richest families receive it. Of course, you can give up that benefit, but generally people don’t, ”he says.

According to A. Armonaitė, support should be provided only to families receiving very low incomes.

“I would like to point out that in the past tax-free income was valid for working parents. The ‘peasants’ raised taxes for those parents and introduced universal child money. Now we have a situation where even earning people a lot, those who would not like to take that money, they get it ”, he explains.

“I agree that sometimes” on paper “you can earn very well, but if you have 3-4 children, it is very difficult to send them to school and buy all kinds of things,” adds A. Armonaitė.

Speaking about the party’s proposal to form a poster for those entering higher education, A. Armonaitė emphasizes that young people should not feel bad if they want to receive an education in a vocational school.

“It just came to us then. This (college education – Delphi) is not necessary. Young people need to relax,” he says.

“It just came to our knowledge then McDonaldaswhere do you come from cheeseburger and forget that it was ”, says the politician in Delfi Day.

V. Čmilytė-Nielsen talks about the objectives of education policy and points out that the quality of education must be improved from the earliest level of education: “Increasing the quality of science and education from pre-school education is a big task , I see a complex spectrum of problems. I think we can reach an agreement on those decisions. “

Among the proposals of the Freedom Party is the objective of abolishing the administrative responsibility of those who engage in prostitution, but A. Armonaitė affirms that this should not be understood as the objective of legalizing prostitution.

“I am against the legalization of prostitution. This is human trafficking. Women get involved in this activity and find it very difficult to get out of it. If women continue to be punished, they have nothing to pay for, usually drug addiction and other problems. Therefore, we need to get closer to the people who are included in that swamp, and not punish them, but throw. What should be punished is who buys these services ”, explains A. Armonaitė.

On Thursday, the Freedom Party and the Liberal Movement presented their proposals for the future coalition program to the coalition partners of the National Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD).

Among the most important proposals of the Liberal Movement are the association, the online vote, the reduction of the PIT as an alternative to the increase in pollution taxes, the reduction of the shade and a lot of attention to education. You can get acquainted with all the offers sent by the party HERE.

Meanwhile, the Freedom Party’s package of proposals consists of 160 points, with 5 prominent public policy priorities. Highlights include a referendum on dual citizenship and an agreement on education, better conditions for business and more. You can find the full list of offers HERE.

The joint document is expected to be agreed upon by the Freedom Party, the Liberal Movement and the Conservatives early next week.

“In the coming days, we will examine in detail the principles and priority work proposed by the coalition partners for the coalition agreement and assess which provisions can already be integrated into a single document and require further consultation and further discussions,” said the leader. TS-LKD’s Gabrielius Landsbergis to BNS on Thursday.

In the new term of the Seimas, these parties that make up the ruling coalition should together hold 74 seats out of 141.