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:
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
Western
Central
Northeastern
Southwest
Southeast
Eastern
No matter how Europe is split up into regions, Russia, Belarus and maybe Hungary, too, should be in a category of their own.