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Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
in the northern and Western Hemisphere
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Under pressure from Stalin, Eastern European countries refused aid from the United States.
The Eastern European Nations were controlled by the Soviet Union, a communist government, and they did not have self-rule nor could they have free trade with the rest of the world as the Western European nations did. The USSR also refused help from the democratic western nations so they did not have all that help to fix up and grow the economies of the Eastern Nations.
economies are unstable
Under a free market
The European Union was founded by Western European countries while Eastern European countries were still occupied by the Soviet Union.
There were several reasons. Central planning under communism, especially as dictated by Moscow, was less efficient than capitalism at overcoming the damage left by the war and restoring growth. The USSR did not provide sufficient funding to their satellite nations. Under pressure from Stalin, Eastern European countries refused aid from the United States under the Marshall Plan.
eastern absolutism had serfdom as its main form of income while western absolutism had the textile industry
strengthening the economies of European nations.
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.
Western Europe became industrialized much earlier than Eastern Europe and the entire world, which is why Western Europe has the largest economy in the world.
Neither, Germany is in the Central European Timezone.
They originate from Eurasia. (eastern europe/ western asia)