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Lithuania has been focusing on several European policy priorities since its accession in 2004: support for reforms and closer relations between Eastern neighbours and the EU, completing its infrastructural integration with particular attention paid to energy and transport networks between the Baltic States and the remaining EU (Northern and Central Europe), dealing with so called ‘left-overs’ from accession, membership in the Schengen area and the eurozone, and economic convergence with the rest of the EU.
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Vilpišauskas, R. (2019). Lithuania and the EU: Pragmatic Support Driven by Security Concerns. In: Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds) The Future of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93046-6_18
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