Classification of the European core and peripheries of the economy (2020)
| EU member states | Candidate states or prospective candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Peripheries | ||
| Euro area (19 states) | Internal core: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany. | Internal peripheries: Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy. | |
| States outside the euro area (8 states) | External core: Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden. | External peripheries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Hungary. | Super-peripheries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia. |