Central and Eastern Europe

CEEC is the abbreviation for central and eastern European countries - CEE, Central and Eastern. Synonymous and the term is used in Central and Eastern States ( MOES ). The English expression is CEE for English Central and Eastern Europe. Largely identical to the EU statistical term Central and Eastern European Countries ( CEC).

Which countries are actually among the Central and Eastern European countries, is defined focus. In a narrower sense the term is used for those countries that have joined the European Union in the context of EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007 (EU -12). The focus also defined Greater Region East Central Europe is a part of the CEEC.

  • 2.1 in the narrow sense
  • 2.2 in the broad sense

Conceptual history

Eastern Bloc / Eastern Europe

Until 1989, the term Eastern Bloc was in Western Europe usually used to identify those countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which were in the area of ​​influence of the Soviet Union and called themselves socialist. After the peaceful revolutions of 1989/90, however, a new term for the countries of this region was sought. The original also widespread term Eastern Europe is not in the geographical and historical sense correct, but further used in a political sense. The designation of Central and Eastern European countries should also be indicated that the majority of these countries included long time the core of European culture.

Central and Eastern, Central and Eastern Europe

Also, the term Central and Eastern, Central and Eastern Europe ( CEE) is widely used in contexts such as the cooperation between governments and their organizations, development organizations and commercial enterprises.

Cultural complex

By Christian Giordano and other scientists is one of Europe's six historical regions " Central Europe " called. The metropolitan area, which includes this meaning especially the Baltic states, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, has long been the supplier of raw materials for North West Europe. protruding characteristics are the refeudalization associated with serfdom and a latifundia economy.

CEE countries

In the narrow sense

The scoring for the CEEC countries are:

  • Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ( the Baltic States, all European Union in 2004 )
  • Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland ( the Visegrád Group, accession 2004)
  • Of the successor states of Yugoslavia Slovenia ( accession 2004) and Croatia are counted among the CEEC
  • Moreover, in most cases actually belonging to Southeastern Europe Bulgaria and Romania ( accession 2007) are counted among the CEECs.

Not to the CEECs in the narrow sense usually include:

  • The countries of Central Europe, which belonged to the Western sphere of influence before 1989
  • The former German Democratic Republic of East German states associated
  • The successor states of the Soviet Union in Europe - with the exception of the Baltic States
  • The successor states of Yugoslavia except Slovenia and Croatia
  • Albania
  • Which are also included in the 2004 EU enlargement countries Malta and Cyprus

In the broad sense

Occasionally, the term " Central and Eastern European States " for the entire continental Europe east of the EU borders used before the EU enlargement.

Among the CEE countries in the broad sense include:

  • In Central Europe Czechia
  • Slovakia
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Bosnia - Herzegovina
  • Serbia
  • Montenegro
  • Kosovo
  • Albania
  • Macedonia
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Moldova
  • Latvia
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • Russia
  • And Kazakhstan on the eastern borders of Europe

The CEEC on a total area of ​​approximately 18,771,000 km ² (of which Russia alone around 17 million km ²) and a population of 313.5 million (of which Russia 144 million) in the extended sense.

East-Central Europe
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