Rallies start because of plans to raise taxes in Lithuania

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Mass rallies are being held in front of the building of the Lithuanian Government and the Seimas of Lithuania, today, on October 16, in Vilnius. According to a REGNUM correspondent, rallies are caused by governmental plans to raise a tax for employees and employers paid into the Social Insurance Fund by two percent ( ne percent for employer and one for employee, who pays the tax for employers). Currently the tax of employee is 30.98% and tax of employer is three percent.

Such governmental plans raised a storm of indignation of Lithuanian trade unions, which brought protesters to streets.