VILNIUSParliamentary Chairman Art-uras Paulauskas together with several lawmakers decided on Feb. 17 to make the upcoming referendum on the country's European Union membership mandatory.Paulauskas' spokesman Arvydas Zilinskas said that the Paulauska-backed idea received unanimous support from faction members. "In the chairman's opinion, the referendum on Lithuania's EU accession should be mandatory because there are no doubts that this is one of the key matters for the state," Zilinskas said.Committees on European and Foreign Affairs also decided on Feb. 17 that the upcoming referendum shou...
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