Aftermath of Lithuanian elections | Sigita Struberga & Petras Auštrevičius

The opposition Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) won the first round of the country’s parliamentary election held on Sunday. Led by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, the LSDP won more than 19% of the vote in the multi-seat constituencies and 18 seats in the 141-seat Parliament. The Social Democrats' victory marks a shift leftward in Lithuanian politics. Blinkevičiūtė wants to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country by increasing taxes on the wealthy. Social Democrats will have to form a coalition government with possibly two parties. Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius and Sigita Struberga, the Secretary General of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation, joined TVP World to talk about these changes.

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