Europe's spatial structure is very special. Moreover, the structure is undergoing a continuos transformation. We were looking for the areas which are the winners and the losers in this process. We used different approaches and pointed out the causes and context of the differences. Finally, we showed which were the core areas of Europe in economic terms based on the methods used, and how they confirmed the previous modeling studies.

Géza Tóth works at Hungarian Central Statistical Office and at the University of Miskolc. He's the Editor-in-Chief of Regional Statistics. Áron Kincses works at Hungarian Central Statistical Office as deputy head of department. Zoltan Nagy works at University of Miskolc. He is the head of the Institute of World- and Regional Economics.