Eastern Europe outlook - Economic diffusion: the effects of the eurozone crisis on Eastern Europe

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Per Fischer

head of financial institutions CEE, Russia, CI, Baltics and Turkey at Commerzbank

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Eastern European growth has laboured as a result of the eurozone crisis. Yet overall economic growth continues to surpass that of Western Europe, says Per Fischer, head of financial institutions CEE, Russia, CI, Baltics and Turkey at Commerzbank. And with trade between Eastern and Western Europe remaining strong, these established trading relationships could be reinforced if potential developments in the east of the continent come to fruition