Baltic states
Prospects for Eastern EU in 2025
Governments will be put to the test as economic pressures dovetail with a populist resurgence and defence concerns
Eastern EuropeBaltic fiscal prudence will return even with low debt
Crisis years 2020-22 have increased Baltic states’ spending and debt, as rising interest rates raise debt-service costs
Baltic statesUkraine war unlikely to transform EU-UK security ties
There is currently no prospect of deepening EU-UK security and defence cooperation despite the war in Ukraine
EUHigh inflation will curb Baltic growth rates in 2022
Local conditions are driving Baltic inflation above the EU average and will affect growth rates and the public finances
Baltic statesEstonia will secularise faster than the other Baltics
Just like Western societies, the post-Soviet Baltic states are following a path of religious change
Baltic statesEU neighbours’ policy towards Belarus will not soften
Formerly supportive Polish-Baltic relations with Belarus have shifted since Minsk’s repression of pro-democracy protests
Baltic statesProspects for Central Europe in 2019
Rising tensions with the EU over rule-of-law concerns may undermine growth and business confidence
Czech Republic
