The general answer was well summed up by Tariq Ramadan:
"Colonialism is bad. Sometimes, I'll have an audience that will tell me about all of the schools and hospitals that were built. I say, thank you for the schools and the hospitals, but does that justify supplanting a national identity and consciousness for material gain? No."
The Former Soviet Union
The European Union was founded by Western European countries while Eastern European countries were still occupied by the Soviet Union.
No Eastern European countries were members of the European Union in 1993. The EU did not expand to the east until 2004 when nine Eastern European countries (with one Western European nation) joined the EU.
Eastern Europe is only full of Eastern European countries. That means there are no Western European countries, Latin American countries, Subsaharan countries, East Asian countries, etc. in Eastern Europe.
The Former Soviet Union
Eastern European countries became communist, which was a political ideology modernized by the USSR.
Many countries from Eastern Europe have joined the European Union since 2004. This makes it easier for them to travel to other European countries to get work. A lot of people from eastern European countries have travelled to countries in western Europe where there is more work, so a lot of eastern Europeans have gone to the United Kingdom.
Eastern European countries have more environmental issues, such as the Ukraine, Russia, or Romania.
In 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was founded to promote private companies and entrepreneurial initiatives throughout Eastern Europe. The EBRD helps countries in times of crisis and financially supports projects for sustainable development. The EBRD has grown substantially in recent years; it is currently co-owned by 61 countries.
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