completely opposite ones: Western
European and Southern European experts
argue that cultural factors played a moderate
role in shaping the socio-economic model of
Eastern Europe, while experts from Eastern
Europe are confident in the determining
influence of cultural and historical factors on
the socio-economic development in the
region.
2. The conducted empirical research confirms
the fact that the European Union is
heterogeneous not only in economic but also
in cultural terms, since even at the expert
level there is no consensus on the degree of
key cultural components impact on the
development of socio-economic models in
the EU regions. This result also confirms the
need for further qualitative research to
identify in more detail the influence of
cultural factors on the economy of the
European Union.
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