“It’s our certain precautionary warning that such things discredit the state and they should be subject to the most stringent political assessment - first of all, in the coalition itself, by the prime minister himself. I think that this warning was beneficial to some extent and the minister spoke much more cautiously. We will see whether such precautionary discussions are helpful,” Andrius Kubilius, Seimas (parliament) opposition leader and the leader of the parliamentary Conservative group, told reporters after his meeting with Vėsaitė on Thursday.
He added that Vėsaitė had “distanced herself from her own previous statements to a significant extent” during the meeting with the group.
Vėsaitė said last week that Lithuania could have opted to implement the Third Energy Package at a slower pace. She also said that Lithuania did not need the nuclear reactor proposed by Japan’s Hitachi.
Meanwhile President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in response to Vėsaitė’s statements about energy that conflicting statements coming from ministers can discredit the state in the eyes of its partners.
