Beyond politics, there are vast differences among the economies of the new members, not only in terms of wealth, but also in their structures. Industrialized and urbanized countries, with relatively small agricultural sectors, such as the Czech Republic, Slovenia, or Slovakia, have different concerns than Poland, where farmers form 20% of the population.
在政治之外，新成员国的经济不仅在富裕程度，还在结构方面都有巨大的差别。在工业化和城市化（程度较高）而农业所占比重相对较小的国家，如捷克共和国、斯洛文尼亚或斯洛伐克，其所关注的重点与农业人口占20%的波兰就有所不同。