“This is a lesson for everyone, that sometimes you need to put your personalities aside,” A. Armonaitė told LRT television on Tuesday.
Although during the election of the candidate for European Commissioners, both the Freedom Party and the Liberal Movement complained that they were not consulted about the representative in the European Commission, but now the minister assures that she does not feel left out.
“I don’t feel like an earthworm in this coalition. It seems to me that the coalition partners know that the votes of the Seimas will be needed. (…) Maybe I lacked direct speech here, but as it was, so be it, so be it,” said the minister.
Two parties belonging to the ruling coalition – TS-LKD and Liberalu sajūdis already announced on Tuesday that they supported the candidacy of MEP Andrias Kubilius for the position of European Commissioner.
“Laisvieai” also met on Tuesday to discuss the candidacy of A. Kubilias for European Commissioners, but did not make a decision. As Vytautas Mitalas, elder of the Freedom faction, told Eltai, the party he represents will announce the decision on Wednesday.
ELTA reminds that on Monday Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė presented to the coalition council the candidacy of MEP A. Kubilius for the European Commission (EC). According to her, this is the candidate for whom it was possible to find common ground with the president.
Minister of Foreign Affairs G. Landsbergis, who was previously discussed in the media and political corridors as a possible European Commissioner, told Elta last Friday that he had received information that President Gitanas Nausėda would not approve his candidacy.
A. Kubilius himself assures that he received the offer last week. The MEP says that he has agreed to take on the responsibility of becoming Lithuania’s representative in the European Commission (EC).
The nomination of the Eurocommissioner is submitted by the Government after the position has been agreed with the President and the Seimas.
2024-08-20 21:20:40