Minister of Social Security and Labour Jūratė Zailskienė says that the increase in benefits is necessary.
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“Basically, there is a demographic problem and we all think about what needs to be done to solve it. And when budgeting, simply – maybe in some places something will have to be given up, but this area, in my opinion, is definitely a priority and the benefits we plan are really measured. It is not that they will break all fiscal discipline. No, because we also have more serious measures, but for now we limit ourselves to what we have just presented,” the minister said to LRT radio on Friday.
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