Lithuanian coalition drops ethnic Polish party

The major parties of the Lithuanian ruling coalition agreed on 25 August 2014 to eject the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania from the government amid tensions over its criticism of the government's treatment of ethnic Poles and the party's siding with Russia during the Ukraine crisis.

ESO: Background information: Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/lithuanian-parliamentary-election-2012/

Reuters, 19.08.14: Lithuania fires energy minister, risks upsetting Poland http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/19/lithuania-government-idUKL5N0QP2V020140819

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