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To: Neeka who wrote (759070)	3/10/2022 3:15:47 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) of 793799

From what I understand, one of the reasons why Maidan was successful was the promise of EU membership. They made it difficult for a national economy to survive and do well without such membership. Whenever politicians talk about a trade or an economic / political arrangement, what they have in mind is exclusion of those who are NOT members. So, it would be easier to sell to Europe. Which isn’t the end of it - I’ve seen situations when a poor country could not compete with W. European goods - simply because the Western productivity was so much better. Another factor - many young Ukrainians were excited about moving West. Many did it anyway, even without EU membership. Membership in EU can be a mixed blessing. For decades now, young Lithuanians move to more affluent Western countries. They begin to prepare for the move since high school or college - it became one of the “normal” career paths. I heard stories going back some 20 years - about towns and villages in Lithuania where there are virtually no young people. Since then, it became worse. Combined with the low fertility rates in the country, it’s a demographic slow motion train wreck.

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