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Lithuanian parliament leaders to discuss autumn session with Nausėda

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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  • Lithuania's Seimas board will meet President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday to discuss the work planned for the parliament's autumn session.
  • The regular session begins on Sept. 10, with the government planning to submit 125 packages of legislative amendments between September and December.
  • The governing coalition includes the Social Democratic Party, Democrats For Lithuania, and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and Christian Families Alliance factions.

Members of Lithuania's Seimas board will meet President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday to discuss the parliament's work during the approaching autumn session.

The board consists of parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas, first deputy speaker Domas Griškevičius, and vice-speakers Rasa Budbergytė, Orinta Leiputė, Jūratė Zailskienė, Aušrinė Norkienė, Radvilė Morkūnienė-Mikūlėnienė, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and Daiva Žebelienė.

The president and parliamentary leadership meet twice a year, before the spring and autumn sessions, to discuss proposed legislation. The regular autumn session is scheduled to begin on Sept. 10.

The government approved its work program in late August. It plans to submit 125 packages of legislative amendments: 45 in September, 27 in October, 44 in November and nine in December. The governing coalition comprises the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, the Democrats For Lithuania, and the factions of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and Christian Families Alliance.

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