Last Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU expansion, which saw Central European countries the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia all join the European Union. They were then later joined by Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. Over the last 20 years, the accession of these countries to the EU has sparked rapid growth in the Central European region, where there has been evident investment in digital and physical infrastructure, and noticeable development in the region’s logistics sector.
The economic growth of these nations has nonetheless seen the cost advantages they…
