The humanities and social science

2009 Issue №12

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Lithuania in Context of Eurointegration Processes: from Luxembourg to Helsinki

DOI
10.5922/2223-2095-2009-12-8
Pages
48-51

Abstract

The peculiarities of the EU enlargement policy are investigated in this article. The author attempts to analyze the reasons for the division of the Baltic States into two negotiation groups as well as the developed mechanism of the acceleration of the preparation for the EU accession.

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