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Thanks for sharing. I couldn't help but have an instinctive reaction of envy when I read the last part of your comment. The country I'm from is currently under

Thanks for sharing. I couldn't help but have an instinctive reaction of envy when I read the last part of your comment. The country I'm from is currently under Russian occupation for trying to get closer to the EU, and here you are seemingly taking Lithuania's membership for granted. Joining the EU for sure doesn't magically solve everything, but can open up so many new opportunities for a post Soviet country. It must be nice to have the luxury to dismiss its usefulness so casually.

lnsru 5y ago
I would say Lithuania was just lucky and on time. There were 3 equally sized population groups at the time: pro Russia, pro EU and we-don’t-care. Pro EU was the loudest and most active, the voting was hard one with low participation, but still succeeded: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Lithuanian_European_Union_membership_referendum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Lithuanian_European_Uni... I can’t guarantee the same outcome today.
- BoyRobot777 5y ago
  > There were 3 equally sized population groups at the time: pro Russia, pro EU and we-don’t-care. Pro russia equally sized? Where are you getting this from? It seems you're just a troll and I'll stop engaging with you now. > can’t guarantee the same outcome today. Lithuania has one of most positive view on EU[1]. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/10/14/the-european-union/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/10/14/the-european-u...