Which Eastern european country (central european actually) has the brighest future? (best, living)

[patrix542]

Hi all
Its been almost 6 years since countries like Poland, Czech Rep, Hungary, Lithuania and some other countries entered the European union. Which one of them do you think will perform the best and will be as rich or almost as rich as the western Eu?
Obviously this does not include countries such as Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia or anything outside Eu because they are much poorer (with exception on norway and switzerland of course
Some of the newer Eu countries are doing well (Poland, czech rep, slovakia) and others are having big difficulties (more eastern countries such as: lithuania, latvia and estonia)
In my opinion Poland and Chech republic have the brighest future and will continiue to grow and improve quality of living.
Poland is 11th most educated country in the world and thats a big advantage and it borders with richer Germany.
czech republic also has rich neighbors (Germany and Austria) and Prague is already extremely popular with tourist and all the buildings look beautiful, you wouldnt be able to notice that not so long ago it was a quiet poor country.
Warsaw (poland capital) has more modern feel and its looks a bit less European, more like a decent size American city.


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[EnochTheSleestak]

Originally Posted by patrix542

Hi all
Its been almost 6 years since countries like Poland, Czech Rep, Hungary, Lithuania and some other countries entered the European union. Which one of them do you think will perform the best and will be as rich or almost as rich as the western Eu?
Obviously this does not include countries such as Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia or anything outside Eu because they are much poorer (with exception on norway and switzerland of course
Some of the newer Eu countries are doing well (Poland, czech rep, slovakia) and others are having big difficulties (more eastern countries such as: lithuania, latvia and estonia)
In my opinion Poland and Chech republic have the brighest future and will continiue to grow and improve quality of living.
Poland is 11th most educated country in the world and thats a big advantage and it borders with richer Germany.
czech republic also has rich neighbors (Germany and Austria) and Prague is already extremely popular with tourist and all the buildings look beautiful, you wouldnt be able to notice that not so long ago it was a quiet poor country.
Warsaw (poland capital) has more modern feel and its looks a bit less European, more like a decent size American city.

Sounds like you've come to a conclusion already

[MJay]

You got it right. Poland and the Czech republic have the largest increase in standard of living. However, Slovenia is the most livable post-communistic country (Well, UN says). In Prague, there is a massive improvement in building refurbishment, so is in other Czech cities. I'm sure that this is going on in Poland too. However, I can't tell you very much about Poland, since I spent only two days there. The worst economies are in some Baltic countries (Albania, Bosna and Herzegovina) and in far eastern Europe - Latvia, Ukraine, Belorussia... I am from Prague, if you need any specific information, PM me.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by MJay

You got it right. Poland and the Czech republic have the largest increase in standard of living. However, Slovenia is the most livable post-communistic country (Well, UN says). In Prague, there is a massive improvement in building refurbishment, so is in other Czech cities. I'm sure that this is going on in Poland too. However, I can't tell you very much about Poland, since I spent only two days there. The worst economies are in some Baltic countries (Albania, Bosna and Herzegovina) and in far eastern Europe - Latvia, Ukraine, Belorussia... I am from Prague, if you need any specific information, PM me.

I think you meant Balkans, not Baltic (which are doing pretty alright for themselves).

[patrix542]

Baltic countires have a lot of problems now, i bielieve that Lithuania had something like -20% Pkb last year and poverty is actually on the rise.

[Neng.]

Eslovenia.

[MJay]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

I think you meant Balkans, not Baltic (which are doing pretty alright for themselves).

Yes, I meant Balkans. Thank you.

[TheCity]

Out of the possibilities given by the OP, I believe The Czech Republic has the brightest future followed with Poland for second.

[MilkDrinker]

I don't believe in Czech Republic. I think Czech Republic won't grow much more.
If you want to consider just the Central and Eastern EU my bets will be on:
1. Poland
2. Slovakia
3. Romania
The neighbors of one country are not that important in Europe. For example a lot of German companies have their operations in Romania instead of Poland (mine included). I chose the country as my 3rd option because I've been there for 6 months and I absolutely loved it and also because Romania has the chance to become a hub between Turkey, Russia and the EU (just like Austria is the hub between East and West) (it was like that before the 2nd world war and the communism).
Also Bulgaria can do well and they already have some smart policies to be competitive in that region where Romania was the star before the recession.
Countries that won't do very well in the near future:
1. Hungary (Hungary had problems even when it was part of the Eastern Block because of it's dumb economic policies)
2,3,4. The Baltic countries.
Here and here are some photos of the Romanian city I lived in this summer.

[Purger]

Out of the countries in Eastern Europe that are in the EU, I think the Czech Republic has the brightest future . Looking long term at the whole of Eastern Europe, I think Russia has the brightest future.