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Alarm bells ring as politicians face pre-election temptations

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuania faces a contentious pre-election budget debate over defense spending, birth incentives, pensions and wages.
  • The governing parties have postponed clarity on next year’s plans, while the opposition warns against spending all available reserves during the election year.
  • The opposition also says defense funding next year could fall below this year’s level.

Lithuania is heading into a hot and chaotic pre-election season, with politicians preparing to decide how much the state can spend on defense, birth incentives, pensions and wages.

The governing parties say they will provide clarity later on how people will live next year. In the meantime, the opposition is urging them to resist the temptation to “spend all the reserves on the election year.”

The opposition has already warned that funding for national defense could be lower next year than it is this year.

spend all the reserves on the election year

· Opposition politiciansThe opposition warns the governing parties not to exhaust state reserves before the election.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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