Why did Lithuania join the EU and what positives/negatives has this brought?

Question

reasons for joining, whether they were realised, what this has brought to lithuania...

thnanks!

Answer 1

well their economy is going to be benefited once it adopts the euro, not to mention it's already benefiting from the free trade. the only real negative i can see is loosing the lita. oh well

Answer 2

Have a look at the following sites.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Q&A: EU enlargement

... two countries joining the EU, and why now? ... Lithuania. Malta. Poland. Slovakia. Slovenia ... The rest did not know. However, the picture varies from ...

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2266385.stm - 57k - Cached

2.BBC NEWS | Europe | EU approves Bulgaria and Romania

Bulgaria and Romania get the green light to join the European Union, but under tough conditions. ... why Bulgaria and Romania are assets to the EU. Romania ...

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5380024.stm - 53k - Cached

3.History of Lithuania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

... at the end of which Poland would declare war if Lithuania did not renew ... been noted that since Lithuania joined the EU there has been significant ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lithu... - 155k - Cached

4.Nuclear Power in Lithuania

... time Lithuania applied to join the EU it was required to close them both down. ... of grids from the Soviet era, but this did not extend to Poland. ...

www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf109.html - 19k - Cached

5.EurActiv.com - Malta and Lithuania to join forces against EU CO2 caps | EU - European Information on Climate Change

... in the same way that the EU's own over-allocation did the first time around. ... Europe: Europe's Dirty Secret: Why the EU Emissions Trading Scheme isn't working ...

euractiv.com/en/climate-change/.../art... - 40k - Cached

6.Jeremy Hargreaves " Why Enlarging the EU is in Britain's Interest

... of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and the Mediterranean pair of ... And why did they ... much as the west – that we wanted these countries to join the EU. ...

jeremyhargreaves.org/.../why-enlarging...

Answer 3

The EU helps to keep us economic stable

Answer 4

Lithuanian join in EU because a long time she was in Soviet union. and Russian i think was stupid, because Lithuania was only her crumb and Germany and Russian "lords" wanted share Lithuanian. LOL. and Lithuanian is in Europe centre. Lithuanian join not alone- with her join Latvian and Estonia too.

Answer 5

Why?...To rejoin the ranks of European Nations after centuries of occupation and oppression. Realization? Only time will tell. Positives? From LT perspective, possibly a clear message to Russia that Lithuania does not suffer at all from seperation anxiety. What has Lithuania gained thus far?

Association and acceptance amongst GENUINE, FREE

Democratic Nations.