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Coalition Potential Preferences Policies Ranks 1 to 14 Top 3 for LT Ranks 15 to 28 Lithuania ranks overall #21 at Preferences Lithuania ranks #11 at ‘More Europe’ Top 3 for LT 1. Latvia 2. Estonia Country Findings 1. Latvia #11 3. CZ EL AT Austria #19 Q1 Most Contacted 2. Estonia Q14 Deeper Integration BE Belgium 3. Poland BG Bulgaria 1. Latvia Q16 Expert View Level of Decision-Making Q17 Public View HR Croatia #22 Q2 Shared Interests 2. Poland 3. Sweden CY Cyprus 63% 52% All EU member states 50% 46% CZ Czech Rep. 1. Latvia 13% 19% Legally bound core 14% 18% DK Denmark #22 Q3 Most Responsive 2. Sweden 17% 15% Coalition of states 14% 21% EE Estonia 3. Slovenia 7% 8% Only national level 22% 15% FI Finland LT EU EU LT FR France DE Germany EL Greece HU Hungary Partners Networks IE Ireland Lithuania ranks overall #20 at Partners Voting for IT Italy Top 3 for LT Latvia LV Lithuania Latvia 1. Latvia Top 8 for LT LT Lithuania #19 Q10 Foreign and Development Policy 2. Poland Poland LU Luxembourg 3. Sweden MT Malta Estonia 1. Latvia NL Netherlands #12 Q11 Security and Defense Policy 2. HR RO PL Poland 3. DK PL SE Sweden PT Portugal LT 1. Estonia RO Romania #21 Q12 Economic and Social Policy 2. Latvia Romania SK Slovakia 3. Poland SI Slovenia Czech Rep. 1. Latvia ES Spain #22 Q13 Fiscal Policy 2. Hungary Hungary SE Sweden 3. DE IT PL ES UK UK Germany

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Most contacted Votes for Lithuania

“In your view or experience, which other governments Of 1352 votes by would your own government generally contact ﬁrst 394 respondents, Lithuania received Q1 and/or most on EU matters? (select up to ﬁve)” 12 (0.9%)

2% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  1% Big 6 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 24% Latvia Share of 13% Estonia votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 5% Poland Croatia Luxembourg 3% Romania country Cyprus Malta 1% Czech Rep. Czech Rep.  Netherlands  Denmark  Poland  Estonia Portugal  Finland  Romania France  Slovakia Germany  Slovenia Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Preferences Overview Most Contacted Shared Interests Top % Most Responsive 10+ % Most Disappointing 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Shared Interests Votes for Lithuania

“In your view or experience, which other EU member states Of 1594 votes by generally share many of your own country’s interests and 406 respondents, Lithuania received Q2 preferences on EU policies? (select up to ﬁve)” 26 (1.6%)

5% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Big 6 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 21% Latvia Share of 12% Poland votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 5% Sweden Croatia Luxembourg 4% Romania country Cyprus Malta 1% Czech Rep. 1% Portugal   Czech Rep. Netherlands 1% Spain Denmark  Poland  Estonia Portugal  Finland  Romania France  Slovakia Germany  Slovenia Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Preferences Overview Most Contacted Shared Interests Top % Most Responsive 10+ % Most Disappointing 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Most Responsive Votes for Lithuania

“In your view or experience, which other governments Of 1201 votes by or EU member states have shown to be most responsive 342 respondents, Lithuania received Q3 or are easiest to work with? (select up to ﬁve)” 14 (1.2%)

2% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  1% Affluent 7 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  1% Big 6 1% Founding 6 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 9% Latvia Share of 6% Sweden votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 5% Slovenia Croatia Luxembourg 4% Czech Rep. country Cyprus Malta 4% Poland 2% Netherlands   Czech Rep. Netherlands 1% Denmark Denmark  Poland  1% Germany Estonia Portugal  1% Italy Finland  Romania France  Slovakia Germany  Slovenia Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Preferences Overview Most Contacted Shared Interests Top % Most Responsive 10+ % Most Disappointing 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Most Disappointing Votes for Lithuania

“In your view or experience, which other governments Of 1123 votes by or EU member states have disappointed your own 326 respondents, Lithuania received Q4 government? (select up to ﬁve)” 10 (0.9%)

2% Big 6 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Southern 7 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  1% Founding 6 1% Visegrád 4 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 5% Greece Share of 4% Sweden votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 3% Poland Croatia Luxembourg 2% Italy country Cyprus Malta 2% Spain 1% France Czech Rep.  Netherlands  Denmark  Poland  Estonia Portugal  Finland  Romania France  Slovakia Germany  Slovenia Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Big Six Overall EU Policy Ranking by Lithuania

“Based on your view or experience, please rank the six large EU member states according to their overall influence on EU policy Q5 over the past five years. (first rank being the most influential)”

EU Afﬂuent Seven First Rank Second Rank Third Rank Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Germany France UK Italy Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Cyprus Malta Czech Rep. Netherlands Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania Fourth Rank France Slovakia Fifth Rank Sixth Rank Germany Slovenia Italy Poland Poland Italy Spain Poland Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Ireland UK

Inﬂuence Overview Spain Big Six Overall EU Policy UK Big Six Fiscal Policy Big Six Foreign and Security Policy Afﬂuent Seven Other Countries Number of respondents: 7. Size of rectangles corresponds with respondents’ respective rankings. Countries with equal values are sorted from A-Z.

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Big Six Fiscal Policy Ranking by Lithuania

“Please rank the six large EU member states according to their influence on EU fiscal policy over the past five years. Q6 (first rank being the most influential)”

EU Afﬂuent Seven First Rank Second Rank Third Rank Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Germany France UK FranceItaly Italy Spain UK Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Cyprus Malta Poland UK Czech Rep. Netherlands Italy Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania Fourth Rank France Slovakia Fifth Rank Sixth Rank Germany Slovenia Spain Italy Italy Poland UK Italy UK SpainPoland Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Ireland UK

Inﬂuence Overview UK Poland Italy Big Six Overall EU Policy Spain Germany Poland Big Six Fiscal Policy Big Six Foreign and Security Policy Afﬂuent Seven Other Countries Number of respondents: 7. Size of rectangles corresponds with respondents’ respective rankings. Countries with equal values are sorted from A-Z.

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Big Six Foreign and Security Policy Ranking by Lithuania

“Please rank the six large EU member states according to their influence on EU foreign, security and defence policy over the Q7 past five years. (first rank being the most influential)”

EU Afﬂuent Seven First Rank Second Rank Third Rank Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Germany France UK France Germany UK Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Cyprus Malta Poland Czech Rep. Netherlands Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania Fourth Rank France Slovakia Fifth Rank Sixth Rank Germany Slovenia Italy France Italy Spain Spain Poland Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Ireland UK

Inﬂuence Overview Big Six Overall EU Policy Poland Big Six Fiscal Policy Big Six Foreign and Security Policy Afﬂuent Seven Other Countries Number of respondents: 7. Size of rectangles corresponds with respondents’ respective rankings. Countries with equal values are sorted from A-Z.

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Afﬂuent Seven Ranking by Lithuania First Rank Netherlands Sweden

“Based on your view or experience, please rank the list of affluent seven EU member states according to their overall influence on EU Q8 policy over the past five years. (first rank being the most influential)”

EU Afﬂuent Seven Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Second Rank Third Rank Fourth Rank Netherlands Belgium Austria Belgium Belgium Austria Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Denmark Croatia Luxembourg Cyprus Malta Sweden Finland Czech Rep. Netherlands Denmark Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania France Slovakia Fifth Rank Sixth Rank Seventh Rank Germany Slovenia Denmark Finland Sweden Denmark Finland Luxembourg Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Ireland UK

Inﬂuence Overview Big Six Overall EU Policy Big Six Fiscal Policy Big Six Foreign and Security Policy Afﬂuent Seven Other Countries Number of respondents: 7. Size of rectangles corresponds with respondents’ respective rankings. Countries with equal values are sorted from A-Z.

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Foreign and Development Policy Votes for Lithuania

“Which other EU member states would Of 1756 votes by your government see as essential partners 285 respondents, Lithuania received Q10 in Foreign and Development Policy?” 32 (1.8%)

4% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Affluent 7 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  2% Big 6 1% Founding 6 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  1% Southern 7 Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 10% Latvia Share of 7% Poland votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 5% Sweden Croatia Luxembourg 4% Romania country Cyprus Malta 2% Belgium 2% Bulgaria   Czech Rep. Netherlands 2% Czech Rep. Denmark  Poland  2% Denmark Estonia Portugal  2% Finland 2% Hungary Finland  Romania 2% Netherlands France  Slovakia 1% France Germany  Slovenia 1% Italy 1% Spain Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Partners Overview Foreign and Development Policy Security and Defense Policy Top % Economic and Social Policy 10+ % Fiscal Policy 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Security and Defense Policy Votes for Lithuania

“Which other EU member states would Of 1662 votes by your government see as essential partners 285 respondents, Lithuania received Q11 in Security and Defense Policy?” 50 (3%)

4% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  3% Affluent 7 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  3% Big 6 2% Founding 6 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  2% Southern 7 Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 10% Latvia Share of 6% Croatia votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 6% Romania Croatia Luxembourg 5% Denmark country Cyprus Malta 5% Poland 5% Sweden   Czech Rep. Netherlands 4% Bulgaria Denmark  Poland  4% Germany Estonia Portugal  4% Hungary 4% Ireland Finland  Romania 3% Italy France  Slovakia 3% Netherlands Germany  Slovenia 2% Czech Rep. 2% Finland Greece Spain  2% Portugal Hungary  Sweden 2% Spain Ireland UK 

Partners Overview Foreign and Development Policy Security and Defense Policy Top % Economic and Social Policy 10+ % Fiscal Policy 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Economic and Social Policy Votes for Lithuania

“Which other EU member states would Of 1567 votes by your government see as essential partners 279 respondents, Lithuania received Q12 in Economic and Social Policy?” 30 (1.9%)

3% Visegrád 4 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Big 6 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  2% Southern 7 1% Affluent 7 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  1% Founding 6 Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 10% Estonia Share of 8% Latvia votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 7% Poland Croatia Luxembourg 4% Romania country Cyprus Malta 4% Sweden 3% Spain   Czech Rep. Netherlands 2% Belgium Denmark  Poland  2% Bulgaria Estonia Portugal  2% Czech Rep. 2% Germany Finland  Romania 2% Hungary France  Slovakia 2% Italy Germany  Slovenia 1% Netherlands Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Partners Overview Foreign and Development Policy Security and Defense Policy Top % Economic and Social Policy 10+ % Fiscal Policy 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Fiscal Policy Votes for Lithuania

“Which other EU member states would Of 1203 votes by your government see as essential partners 279 respondents, Lithuania received Q13 in Fiscal Policy?” 15 (1.2%)

2% Big 6 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Visegrád 4 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  1% Founding 6 1% Southern 7 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 11% Latvia Share of 3% Hungary votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 2% Germany Croatia Luxembourg 2% Italy country Cyprus Malta 2% Poland 2% Spain   Czech Rep. Netherlands 1% Netherlands Denmark  Poland  1% Portugal Estonia Portugal  Finland  Romania France  Slovakia Germany  Slovenia Greece Spain  Hungary  Sweden Ireland UK 

Partners Overview Foreign and Development Policy Security and Defense Policy Top % Economic and Social Policy 10+ % Fiscal Policy 5-9 % 1-4 %

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 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Commitment to Deeper Integration Votes for Lithuania

“In your opinion, which EU member Of 2046 votes by states are committed to deeper 348 respondents, Lithuania received Q14 integration or ‘more Europe’?” 44 (2.2%)

2% Affluent 7 Share of EU Afﬂuent Seven  2% Founding 6 votes by Big Six  Southern Seven  2% Visegrád 4 1% Big 6 group Founding Six  Visegrád Four  1% Southern 7 Austria Italy  Belgium Latvia 9% Latvia Share of 6% Estonia votes by Bulgaria Lithuania 5% Czech Rep. Croatia Luxembourg 5% Greece country Cyprus Malta 4% Bulgaria 4% Slovenia   Czech Rep. Netherlands 3% Denmark Denmark  Poland  3% Germany Estonia Portugal  3% Hungary 3% Lithuania Finland  Romania 3% Luxembourg France  Slovakia 2% Austria Germany  Slovenia 2% Italy 2% Portugal Greece Spain  2% Romania Hungary  Sweden 2% Sweden  2% UK Ireland UK 1% Finland 1% France 1% Netherlands 1% Poland Policies Overview Commitment to Deeper Integration Top % Importance of Coalitions 10+ % Preferred Actor Level 5-9 % 1-4 % Preferred Actor Level (Public View) Rounded results. 0% shares not shown.

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Preferred Actor Level Votes by Lithuania

“What actor level would your All EU member Legally bound core Coalition of Only national country prefer for the following states: of member states: member states: level: Q16 list of policy projects?” 63% of votes 13% of votes 17% of votes 7% of votes

Countries Policies Integrated foreign Common defense Common border police Common policy in Common immigration Common develop- and security policy  structures  and coast guard  justice & home affairs  and asylum policy  ment assistance p.  EU Afﬂuent Seven Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Common Russia Common Ukraine Common Syria Common MENA Common China Cyprus Malta policy  policy  policy  policy  policy  Czech Rep. Netherlands Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania France Slovakia Germany Slovenia Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Better governance Fully completed Common social Common energy Single climate Ireland UK for the eurozone  single market  policy  policy  policy  Number of respon- Policies Overview dents: 7. Share Commitment to Deeper Integration of ‘Don’t know’ votes shown by Importance of Coalitions open circles Preferred Actor Level Preferred Actor Level (Public View)

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer Preferred Actor Level (Public View) Votes by Lithuania

“What actor level would your All EU member Legally bound core Coalition of Only national country prefer for the following states: of member states: member states: level: Q17 list of policy projects?” 46% of votes 18% of votes 21% of votes 15% of votes

Countries Policies Integrated foreign Common defense Common border police Common policy in Common immigration Common develop- and security policy  structures  and coast guard  justice & home affairs and asylum policy  ment assistance p.  EU Afﬂuent Seven Big Six Southern Seven Founding Six Visegrád Four Austria Italy Belgium Latvia Bulgaria Lithuania Croatia Luxembourg Common Russia Common Ukraine Common Syria Common MENA Common China Cyprus Malta policy policy  policy  policy  policy  Czech Rep. Netherlands Denmark Poland Estonia Portugal Finland Romania France Slovakia Germany Slovenia Greece Spain Hungary Sweden Better governance Fully completed Common social Common energy Single climate Ireland UK for the eurozone  single market policy  policy  policy  Number of respon- Policies Overview dents: 62 Commitment to Deeper Integration Importance of Coalitions Preferred Actor Level Preferred Actor Level (Public View)

 Lithuania  Design Findings Chapters Preferences Inﬂuence Partners Policies ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer