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Until I. Šimonytė herself affirms that she does not want to comment on this issue, the position was expressed by the former head of the Government, a member of the Seimas Saulius Skvernelis. According to him, it is necessary for the president and the prime minister to find a solution through discussions, because if the procedure of representation in EVS meetings is decided to be regulated by law, battalions will be launched between the Presidency and the Government.
Furthermore, S. Skvernelis stated that at the beginning of her term as Prime Minister, she had received a proposal from the then head of the country Dalia Grybauskaitė to join the EVS alternatively, but according to him, no questions arose that have given her her place.
“We had talked, but, let’s understand, although there was a tradition with Ms. Grybauskaitė, it was also suggested that we share, but somehow there was no advice with the Prime Minister’s questions. There was an overlap the whole time, here a little caress, “said S. Skvernelis.
V.Šmonytė refused to evaluate the conservatives’ project supported by V.Čmilytė-Nielsen
The initiative of the conservative faction of the Seimas is maturing the initiative to present a separate law that regulates the representation of the state in the EVS in the spring session.
The Speaker of Parliament, V.Čmilytė-Nielsen, warned that if President G.Nausėda and Prime Minister I.Šimonyte cannot reach an agreement without a law, a bill regulating this may appear on the agenda. of the spring session of the Seimas.
“It is possible that this issue is definitely on the agenda if our leaders, the president and the prime minister, fail to reach an agreement without a law,” said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
The Seimas spokeswoman said that she would personally support such a project presented by the coalition partners. However, he hoped the leaders could agree to a rotation, depending on the issues being discussed at the EVS summits.
I.Šimonytė herself stated that she does not want to comment on whether Lithuania needs a law to regulate representation in the EVS, but at the same time added that there is still no procedure adopted by law on why the president must go to the EVS on all problems.
“I understand that this is a very intriguing question for many. There are countries where these problems are solved by law, there are countries where they are not. There is no law in Lithuania that establishes that it is as it is now. If such a law is needed, I really don’t comment on it yet, “the prime minister commented on the situation.
S. Skvernelis offers to agree, hinted at the situation with D. Grybauskaitė
For his part, former Prime Minister S. Skvernelis asked G. Nausėdas and I. Šimonytė to agree on their representation of Lithuania at EVS summits, since transferring this issue to the Seimas could ignite battalions between the Presidency and the Government .
“I would see the point of resolving this with an agreement between our two top officials. There is a president and there is a prime minister. They are both rational, intelligent and educated politicians. If they just don’t look through personalities, then the logic is certainly in the Prime Minister’s proposals that the Government should be represented there anyway, and there are separate formats where the President should be.
But agreeing and taking such a new position would be a challenge for both politicians and I think it would go down in history. But if those things need to be regulated by law, there will be battalions and it will be quite difficult. I really invite you not to look at personalities. Today the surnames are as follows, but in 3-4 years there will be other surnames.
You need to try. Agreeing is never easy. But you have to sit down and talk, “suggested S. Skvernelis.
After Lithuania joined the European Union, both the president and the prime minister attended the summits for some time, but during the leadership of President D. Grybauskaitė, the tradition was established that only the president attended EVS.
According to S. Skvernelis, at the beginning of his term, D. Grybauskaitė promised that they could share when the president and prime minister should go to EVS, but S. Skvernelis did not have the opportunity to participate in the summit.
“We once said at the beginning of the period that there would be such a distribution, but it didn’t happen naturally. We asked those questions, but we didn’t want the added tension.
And the tradition that was established was the work carried out by the president, it was logical that she finished her term representing the position in which she was, “he said.
S. Skvernelis added that after G. Nausėda became president, he did not raise this issue due to his illness.
“I could no longer leave Lithuania and could no longer move or fly. No doubt was raised,” summarized S. Skvernelis.
