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Exceeding expectations, Lithuania moves the Trio presidency forward. CEPS Commentary, 22 January 2014

Piedrafita, Sonia and Renman, Vilde (2014) Exceeding expectations, Lithuania moves the Trio presidency forward. CEPS Commentary, 22 January 2014. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Lithuania assumed its maiden term running the rotating Presidency of the Council in the 2nd half of 2013 under difficult constraints: the country’s modest administrative capacities and the enormous time pressures brought on by the urgency of certain dossiers and the abbreviated term of the current Parliament, which ends in mid-April. Nevertheless, as assessed by Sonia Piedrafita and Vilde Renman in this new CEPS Commentary, substantial progress was made thanks to the perseverance and strenuous efforts by the Lithuanians. In the end, some 137 legal acts were adopted during its six-month term, including several highly sensitive and complex pieces of legislation. The overall success was only slightly marred by the haste with which a few agreements were negotiated.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > European Council-Presidency
    Countries > Lithuania
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2014 09:56
    Number of Pages: 3
    Last Modified: 29 Jan 2014 09:56
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/47320

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