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Prior to Lithuania’s run-off election on Sunday, Blinkevičiūtė had confirmed she was prepared to guide the nation’s subsequent authorities. After the election outcomes got here in, nonetheless — and once more on Monday — she averted answering the query of whether or not she nonetheless needed to guide the nation.
Blinkevičiūtė on Wednesday lastly steered Gintautas Paluckas, a former chief of the Social Democrats, as greatest suited to the job, calling him “one of the best candidate with the mandatory expertise and qualities for a prime minister.”
Speculation that Blinkevičiūtė would possibly cross up the job grew on Tuesday as she mentioned the transition with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, native media reported.
Blinkevičiūtė additionally mentioned she wouldn’t sit down within the Lithuanian parliament, however would as an alternative proceed to function an MEP in Brussels, the place she has been a member of the legislature since 2009.
