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In 2022, 19.7% of the EU population at risk of poverty were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day. Highest % in Bulgaria (44.6%) and Romania (43%) (ec.europa.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even former Eastern Germany still has areas with poverty even though German reunification was close to twice that long ago.

Now I am not saying everything in that process went as well as one could have hoped for, far from it in fact, but it serves as a point of comparison for what can be expected under real world circumstances that was available around the time those countries made their decision to join the EU.