Still, this is an important signal by one of the most vocal supporters of EU enlargement — all the more as LT is to hold EU Council presidency in 2027, 20 yrs after the current (Lisbon) treaty was signed.

Granted, Lithuania’s policy shift would not override the opposition by most Nordic/CEE member states. Nor is it guaranteed that the draft text will be adopted as is (vote tmr). Moreover, LT president has been cautious on EU reform and the new foreign minister comes from his team

This is a marked shift from Lithuania’s historical insistence on unanimity on security matters, even if the outgoing govt has signaled more openness on QMV. @golubeva.bsky.social and I recently wrote about this evolution for the Baltic Initiative on European Reform: t.co/L2YcH5rR7f

FT’s Martin Wolf in his latest article expands on some other trade offs involved in America’s perceived economic strength.

What makes the US truly exceptional on.ft.com/4ilwNfw

DSA/DMA/AI Act may all be bad, but surely not so powerful as to disrupt the time continuum. Why bandwagon on poor analysis? Because the alternative (structural constraints due to market size, education or language) leads to harder trade offs than ‘deregulate’?

Thank you! I think nested integration/cooperation initiatives of various kinds are now being explored, particularly among Nordic-Baltic-CEE countries, and with good reasons.

thank you for the initiative — would love to join in!