Overall, it can be said that the fall of the communist systems around Europe has had different effects and repercussions. These determined the historical evolution between economic success and disarray. Poland is a good example for the effects Western countries had on its economic and political scene, whereas Yugoslavia represents a country still facing the chains of transition, with little European prospects.
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