Gitanas Nausėda — against VAT increase to finance defence, unless there is an incentive for food

President Gitanas Nausėda promises not to support an increase in the rate of value added tax (VAT) in order to grow defense financing, unless a decision is taken simultaneously to introduce a VAT deduction for food or other essential goods. This is how he spoke to politicians in the debate about the possibility of introducing a so-called defense tax, increasing the rates of some of the taxes that now exist.