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LITHUANIA-EU POLITICAL RELATIONS AFTER DUAL INTEGRATION

    1 Author(s):  DR. SUNIL KUMAR

Vol -  6, Issue- 5 ,         Page(s) : 69 - 84  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST

Abstract

The Baltic States namely Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia attained their independence from Soviet Union in 1991. Lithuania started reconceptualising its national identity and started to search the roots of national identity. The Lithuanian national reawakening made it possible to talk about its future in public forum, there began discussions about Lithuania's prospective shift towards the West. The Lithuanians had a cultural and political inclination towards west but it was predicted that the shift form Soviet Federation to European Union will not be a tranquil task. In Lithuania majority of the population accepts Lithuania's Western identity, with the exception of the small number. Lithuania’s domestic as well as foreign policies from 1991-2004, followed the concept of ‘return to Europe’.

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