Plans to establish a free economic zone in the city of Siauliai have been repeatedly attacked by right-wing parties that favor a rival project in Kaunas, where those parties’ support base is centered. But with some help, the Siauliai project’s progenitors rallied and overcame their opponents’ objections.

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