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Central Europe is basically Catholic Slavs. Orthodox Slavs are east European.

• masklinn 7y ago
  Not just slavs. Germanic homelands were / are also central european.
  • Mikeb85 7y ago
    The line is where Slavic tribes existed. Some Germanic tribes are from central Europe, but Germany itself is considered west. The presence of Slavs is what differentiates West from Central and East.
    • umanwizard 7y ago
      > Germany itself is considered west. Certainly not by everyone. From German Wikipedia: “Deutschland [...] ist ein Bundesstaat in Mitteleuropa.” Translation: “Germany is a federation in Central Europe”.
    • masklinn 7y ago
      > The line is where Slavic tribes existed. Some Germanic tribes are from central Europe, but Germany itself is considered west It’s part of the western block in the Cold War geopolitical framework, which doesn’t have a Central Europe. > The presence of Slavs is what differentiates West from Central and East. That is plainly and egregiously false.