Coalition wrangling finally draws to an end

Nov 01, 2004
By Milda Seputyte

VILNIUS - It was probably a little bit too unrealistic to be true, given the nature of Lithuanian politics. As the idea of a rainbow coalition slowly faded, representatives from the ruling Social Democratic and Social Liberal coalition shook hands with Labor Party leader Viktor Uspaskikh as the factions came close to cobbling together a coalition in the Seimas (Lithuania's parliament) and the Cabinet of Ministers.It only took 24 hours for the talks about the need to form a rainbow coalition to r ...

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