Testing Europe salience and second-order election theories: 2019 European parliamentary elections in Lithuania

ENThe article assesses the 2019 elections to the European Parliament (EP) in Lithuania and their theoretical relevance. The analysis presents the political stances of parties and the electorate towards the EU. The focus then shifts to information and political campaigns, the parties participating in the EP elections, and the electoral results. These aspects serve to evaluate the theoretical relevance of Second-order election theory and the Europe salience theory, revealing the absence of Eurosceptic, protest, populist, and postmaterial mood in the 2019 EP elections in Lithuania. Keywords: Lithuania, European Parliament, Elections, Second-order election theory, Europe salience theory. [From the publication]

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