[dane-pgp]

> So, all non-EU states are poor?

No, but the ones oppressed by Russia tend to be.

> And Greeces and Italy are a classic examples of nations making it big under EU cover.

GDP (US$ PPP) per capita (IMF 2021 estimate):

   Italy   43,376
   Greece  30,495
   Belarus 20,578
   Moldova 13,879

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PP...

[forum_ghost]

Doesn't seem to add up. Seems like more of a global North vs global south divide.

  37  Montenegro    21,390
  36  Belarus       21,470
  35  Bulgaria      25,850
  34  Russia        30,430
  33  Croatia       31,110
  32  Greece        31,820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu...

[dane-pgp]

> Seems like more of a global North vs global south divide.

Which of the countries in your list do you think are in the global north, and which are in the global south?

[dragonwriter]

“global north/global south” has become (as if it ever was not) a completely pointless circumlocution for what it describes as “first world/third world” is.

[ejanus]

Stack them where they were before entering EU and where they are now.

[etcet]

It looks like 2004 was a good year to join NATO: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...