• birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    93·
    17 hours ago

    This classification could use an improvement, not all of these are Eastern or Northern Europe. The UK’s economy for example employs a soft Anglo-Saxon model, whereas Estonia and most of the Nordics use a Nordic model (the best imo). And then there are the cultural associations - many people from Poland and co would argue they are central, not eastern European - because in their view, they associate eastern with Russia.

    That said, a more sensible division imho would be:

    Northern

    • Norway
    • Sweden
    • Denmark
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Faroe Islands

    Western

    • Netherlands
    • Belgium
    • Luxembourg
    • France
    • United Kingdom
    • Ireland
    • Monaco

    Central

    • Germany
    • Austria
    • Czechia
    • Poland
    • Hungary

    Northeastern

    • Lithuania
    • Latvia
    • Estonia

    Southwest

    • Portugal
    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Vatican
    • San Marino

    Southeast

    • Slovenia
    • Croatia
    • Bosnia
    • Serbia
    • Montenegro
    • Kosovo
    • Greece
    • Bulgaria
    • Romania

    Eastern

    • Ukraine
    • Belarus
    • Moldova
    • Russia
    • CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      72·
      18 hours ago

      No matter how Europe is split up into regions, Russia, Belarus and maybe Hungary, too, should be in a category of their own.

      • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        No matter how Europe is split up into regions, no one wants to be in the region where Belarus and Russia are.

  • Zwiebel@feddit.orgEnglish
    105·
    19 hours ago

    Cool graphic!

    But the €-sign belongs after the amount not infront, that’s a grammar mistake. Also it doesn’t explicitly state which dollar is meant

      • Zwiebel@feddit.orgEnglish
        71·
        5 hours ago

        I stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’

        But also ew: “− €240”

        It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”

        • WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          33 minutes ago

          I mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)

        • TeNppa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          I think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.