Lithuania

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, Prime Minister and Antanas Valionis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania signing the Accession Treaty (Photo: European Commission)

Has a population of 3.48 million and an area of 65,000 km2. 

Became an EU member state on 1st May 2004.

Membership was finally decided in a national referendum in which around 90% of the voters supported EU membership. Has had a Europe agreement since 1995 and entered into Accession Partnership in 1998.

Has 13 out of 732 seats in the EU Parliament and 7 out of 321 votes in the Council.

Links

http://www.lrvk.lt

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl......plicants/lithuania_home_en.htm