The Lithuanian Government Resigns: What’s Next?
23 June 17:02
Lithuania’s coalition government, led by Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene, is resigning after serving for only about nine months. This was announced at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, June 23, according to "Komersant Ukrainian", citing the publication Delfi.
Earlier, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania—the largest party in the Lithuanian Seimas—decided to withdraw from its alliance with the populist “Zorya Neman” and has already agreed to form a new cabinet with two other political forces.
As noted, the new coalition with the Social Democrats will include the Farmers’ Union, the “Greens,” and the Christian Families of Lithuania, as well as the “For Lithuania” Democratic Union. Social Democratic leader Mindaugas Sinkevičius is expected to head the government, with his party retaining the majority of ministerial portfolios.
The Ruginiene government intends to resign on June 30.
The Social Democrats won the 2024 parliamentary elections. The first government they formed, led by Gintautas Palutskas, resigned in 2025 following a corruption scandal, after which Inga Ruginiene took over as prime minister.
In May, the Latvian government resigned amid a crisis
In neighboring Latvia, Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned amid a government crisis that erupted following an incident involving drones in the country’s airspace. The entire government resigned along with her, the Latvian broadcaster LSM reported on May 14. The day before, two of the three parties in the ruling coalition—the Union of Greens and Farmers and the Progressives—declared that the government had effectively become dysfunctional. The country’s new government was approved on May 28.
The political crisis in Latvia began after two drones, likely Ukrainian, entered the country’s airspace from the Russian border on the night of May 6. One of the drones that crashed landed in empty tanks at an oil depot in the city of Rēzekne. On May 10, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds resigned.
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