Overview

• Gintautas Paluckas stepped down on July 31 after anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies opened formal probes into his business dealings
• His resignation is expected to bring down the entire cabinet and leave Lithuania with an interim government
• The junior For Lithuania party had threatened to leave the coalition unless Paluckas resigned by mid-August
• President Gitanas Nausėda will oversee negotiations among the Social Democrats and potential partners to restore a parliamentary majority
• Officials say foreign policy and NATO commitments will remain unchanged during the transition