Coalition Spends Two Years Debating Whether to End Trade with Russia - Like Haggling Over Last Carrots at Liepāja Market
Government parties have been trying to figure out for the second year who's responsible for halting trade with aggressor states. The situation resembles queues at Liepāja market - everyone knows what they want, but nobody knows which line to stand in.
Government coalition parties today once again failed to agree on who exactly should develop a plan to end trade with Russia and Belarus. The situation is like Liepāja market on Saturday morning - everyone knows what they want to buy, but nobody knows which vendor is responsible for which goods.
Economics Minister Viktors Valainis believes the plan should be developed by the Foreign Ministry, but ZZS faction leader Harijs Rokpelnis responds that they're ready to do it themselves. The situation resembles how in Riga they spend two hours debating who will pay the café bill, while in Liepāja this question gets resolved in two minutes over a cup of Romas coffee.
The Progressives, naturally, are the most active again, demanding explanations and reports. As one local resident said: 'Well, if Riga can't figure out in two years who does what, then what can we expect from them regarding Russia? Our tram driver would figure out faster how to stop this whole circus.'
Meanwhile, Latvia's exports to Russia haven't particularly decreased, which suggests that perhaps our government would reach consensus faster on where to buy fresh fish at Liepāja port than on how to halt trade with neighbors. Today it rained again, which symbolically matches the government's level of clarity on this issue.
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