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The purpose of the visit of the Head of the European Commission to Lithuania is to approve the plan drawn up by the Government on the use of funds from the Economic Recovery Fund, and the Presidency has decided on the date of her visit to Vilnius. According to some politicians, the presidency could not ignore that the prime minister would not be in Vilnius that day.
S. Spurga, a political scientist at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), says it is detrimental to common decisions.
“It just came to our attention then. Because there are different facts, maybe something that we don’t know. I noted that last Wednesday there were reports that the Prime Minister was coordinating Mr. von der Leyen’s visit and, in particular, his schedule. At the moment, it is not clear how such a thing arose, which can be called a misunderstanding. However, we can affirm here that there are tensions. And it is so flammable, tense that there is enough brightness and we talk about it, we guess what it is like here, “he said. the political scientist S. Spurga on the “Info Day” program.
The interlocutor of the program stated that relations between President G. Nausėda and Prime Minister I. Šimonytė are tense. He also recalled a very recent episode.
“Let’s remember once that such a small piece caught fire. In early June, the EC president thanked the Eastern Partnership countries for administering vaccines, first to the president, then erased the record, and thanks to the prime minister. Šimonyte. This made me scratch our heads and consider what was happening here, “said the MRU political scientist.
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The interlocutor of the program also recalled another fact: the president and the prime minister have had little communication lately.
“This unfortunate dispute over representation in the EVS is detrimental to Lithuanian politics and political prestige in the international arena. This does not allow to deal effectively with many problems. News has emerged that the president and the prime minister have little communication, little meetings, they don’t talk on the phone, they hardly speak at all. It’s a bad tradition that the confrontation that has started is already beginning to have a destructive effect, “said S. Spurga.
The consequences of this conflict are felt both in the Seimas and in the Government: he speaks negatively against G. Nausėdas.
“The situation in a flat place is quite tense,” said the interlocutor of the program.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The idea of expelling the president of the EVS came up in the Seimas, but the idea was quite unsuccessful. Because a good politician sees the next steps when starting an initiative: how can things end. And that sword it was raised and lowered, although that confrontation continues. If we only talk about this episode, “he explained.
On the Info Day program, the MRU political scientist also recalled the public opinion polls, which show that the absolute majority of the Lithuanian population believes that Lithuania should be represented in the EVS by the president.
“We just realized that this confrontation was detrimental not only to problem solving, but also to the conservatives’ own ratings. This should be done in a balanced way, with some constructive action. And try to occupy the territory that is possible to occupy. And now it turns out that there is a high probability that the president will be the winner in this fight. We see that in the rating tables ”, assured the political scientist S. Spurga.
MRU political scientist S. Spurga recalled other conflicts on the “Info Day” program: conflicts between former Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and G. Nausėda, Algirdas Butkevičius and Dalia Grybauskaitė.
“It is a kind of programmed conflict between officials, but I wish the dialogue were more constructive. And if there are disagreements in order to have a constructive discussion, “said political scientist S. Spurga.
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