[lukashoff]

There's also been a population growth, albeit small, but it's happening. Thanks to migration and to the economies actually being HEALTHY people start to have more babies. The IT and innovation that comes from there as well. It's not much but it's extremely effective.

[inglor_cz]

Yep, I agree that the Baltics punch above their weight.

They are also more laissez-faire in the good sense, not overburdening their economies with endless paper pushing (a French and German disease so to say), while keeping the environment reasonably protected.

The rest of Europe could do worse than emulate their approach.

[lukashoff]

I am shocked by this myself, but facts are facts.

There's also a great social net, free education + student allowances, and plenty of work. I have got no clue what the original poster of the main comment meant by broken economy.

Absolute lies and disinformation coming from the ex-allies of ours.

[inglor_cz]

People can do a lot of amazing stuff if their hands aren't bound.

I remember reading a German's enterpreneurs lament about wanting to lay a single electrical cable between his two nearby buildings. The paperwork demanded by German authorities dragged for half a year. He said that a similar work in Poland was papered through in two weeks.

Or, as a friend of mine in Prague quipped: "We want to build traffic lights. We need 28 stamps, including one from a forest management service. The closest forest is 5 km away (3 miles) from said intersection, but they still need to confirm their approval."

The Baltics are comparatively lean in this regard and it shows.

[lukashoff]

Agree. The reforms of regulations are needed as much as ever right now. Let's hope for the best that our people will wake up to this and we will be able to withstand the oncoming crisis.