Valentinavičius. The Lithuania of Rustic: What is its future in the EU?
“Pray to God that a rustic will not become a noble one” or “It’s hard for a rustic to be a noble“ is probably the best way to describe the attitude of Lithuanian society towards the values of the European Union (EU), which include tolerance and respect for gender equality and the diversity of sexual identities. Fleeing Soviet “culture”, or rather the rustic nature and looking for privileges, the rustic people were supposedly determined to make significant changes. Upon joining the EU, they enshrined the possibility of introducing the law on partnership and gender identity in the ...