2024-07-17 03:20:06
This information was confirmed to Elta by Paulius Žeimys, advisor to the Minister of Justice for public relations. It was the Ministry of Justice that filed this lawsuit.
The Minister of Finance, Gintarė Skaistė, during the “New Generation Lithuania” plan conference held last week, said that the subsidies were not paid due to the insufficiently ambitious tax reform submitted to the Seimas. However, the minister herself believes that the obligations have been fulfilled.
As Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said on Tuesday, the decision of the OSCE will help to understand how the EC perceives the goals agreed with the states, which will help other EU countries as well. According to her, this dispute arose out of a different perception of what it means to revise benefits.
According to the politician, the Lithuanian Government understood that the goal was to propose the abolition of inefficient benefits, at that time the EC expected a plan to abolish the majority of tax exemptions.
The head of the EC representation in Lithuania, Marius Vaščega, says that from the perspective of the institution, the proposed reforms are insufficient. He was seconded by Céline Gauer, the general director of the European Economic Recovery and Resilience Working Group, who visited Lithuania, stating that the institution has been trying to draw the country’s attention to the fact that the tax system does not contribute to reducing inequality.
ELTA reminds that Lithuania has received almost 1.36 billion from the RRF fund. EUR – 886 million EUR subsidy part and almost 470.3 million of the funds of the loan part of euros. The current value of the plan is 3.85 billion. euros (2.3 billion euros in grants and 1.55 billion euros in loans). This is almost double the value of the original economic recovery and resilience plan.
Lithuania has also turned to the OSCE, responding to the EC’s partial 8.7 million. euro sanction for the part of the Lithuanian RRF plan.
Finance Minister Gintarė Skaistė said last week that the second request for the payment of funds from the RRF fund to Lithuania is suspended until the parliament makes decisions related to the tax reform package. According to her, if the necessary changes are not adopted, the EC can apply sanctions.
2024-07-17 03:20:06