I'm not entirely sure what you meant by that first part and I've never even been to Lithuania so I have no idea how that country is run or how things work there.
Poland shouldn't legally be allowed to use stronger pesticides then Lithuania since both countries are part of the EU that regulates that. Unless Poland got a special waiver from some specific regulations when they entered - in which case your beef is with the Lithuanian politicians who negotiated Lithuanias entry into the EU as they didn't get the same waiver.
But generally speaking not using strong pesticides is the better option. Poland might be gaining from it now, but they're actually poisoning their own soil with it and in the long run Lithuania will be better of by not doing that anyway,
Sweden got a special waiver for our culturally specific tobacco-product called "snus".
It's not allowed according to EU regulations as it's basically unknown in the rest of Europe but the Swedes negotiating the deal to join the EU knew that if Sweden didn't get a waiver it would be impossible to sell EU-membership to the Swedish public.
Finland's negotiators on the other hand never bothered to get the same waiver - despite the fact that rather a lot of Finns use "snus" as well (we where after all the same country for many centuries and share many of the same cultural traditions).
So as a consequence "snus" is now legal in Sweden but illegal in Finland - leading to a massive smuggling operation as tons of the stuff has to be brought in to supply Finnish customers.
It's completely idiotic of course, since "snus" have been used in Finland for centuries and nobody there has any real problem with it - it's just an EU-regulation that messes things up for them.
But the fault isn't actually the EU's, but the ignorant Finnish politicians who negotiated the deal to join the EU in the first place as they could have demanded the same waiver as Sweden too, but never bothered.
In large - the beefs you have with the EU are probably not really related to the EU as much as you think. But it's a common theme by both ordinary citizens and politicians alike to blame the EU for everything instead of asking what the nations own politicians have actually done.
I can tell you for a fact that Lithuania is a net beneficiary from the EU, so you're actually receiving more in support then your paying in to be a member.
So saying "Fuck EU" is basically turning down free money.
Which you're perfectly entitled to do of course, but it doesn't seem like a very smart idea.
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@MiskisM
I'm not entirely sure what you meant by that first part and I've never even been to Lithuania so I have no idea how that country is run or how things work there.
Poland shouldn't legally be allowed to use stronger pesticides then Lithuania since both countries are part of the EU that regulates that. Unless Poland got a special waiver from some specific regulations when they entered - in which case your beef is with the Lithuanian politicians who negotiated Lithuanias entry into the EU as they didn't get the same waiver.
But generally speaking not using strong pesticides is the better option. Poland might be gaining from it now, but they're actually poisoning their own soil with it and in the long run Lithuania will be better of by not doing that anyway,
Sweden got a special waiver for our culturally specific tobacco-product called "snus".
It's not allowed according to EU regulations as it's basically unknown in the rest of Europe but the Swedes negotiating the deal to join the EU knew that if Sweden didn't get a waiver it would be impossible to sell EU-membership to the Swedish public.
Finland's negotiators on the other hand never bothered to get the same waiver - despite the fact that rather a lot of Finns use "snus" as well (we where after all the same country for many centuries and share many of the same cultural traditions).
So as a consequence "snus" is now legal in Sweden but illegal in Finland - leading to a massive smuggling operation as tons of the stuff has to be brought in to supply Finnish customers.
It's completely idiotic of course, since "snus" have been used in Finland for centuries and nobody there has any real problem with it - it's just an EU-regulation that messes things up for them.
But the fault isn't actually the EU's, but the ignorant Finnish politicians who negotiated the deal to join the EU in the first place as they could have demanded the same waiver as Sweden too, but never bothered.
In large - the beefs you have with the EU are probably not really related to the EU as much as you think. But it's a common theme by both ordinary citizens and politicians alike to blame the EU for everything instead of asking what the nations own politicians have actually done.
I can tell you for a fact that Lithuania is a net beneficiary from the EU, so you're actually receiving more in support then your paying in to be a member.
So saying "Fuck EU" is basically turning down free money.
Which you're perfectly entitled to do of course, but it doesn't seem like a very smart idea.