Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its footing?
I&#x27;ve lived in a few different parts of the EU, and couldn&#x27;t imagine a worse idea than starting a company there (which I did, once).<p>Starting is hard enough without the general negative attitudes, the government insanities, the insane taxes, the low work ethic, the 8 weeks of vacation every month (I exaggerate, slightly). And I was in one of the two best EU countries, God only knows how bad it is in Spain or Italy or whatever where opening for business more than one day a week is seen as aggressive. (again, I exaggerate slightly).<p>If anyone disagrees with this article who&#x27;s in the US, I <i>dare</i> you to go and try and start something in the EU and report back. Not the UK, the EU.<p>Glory to the US, and the ability to move States with little friction. Glory to the LLC. Glory to firing someone with less than six months notice (I&#x27;m looking at you, Belgium). Glory to sales tax below 20%. Glory to the country I chose as home, which so many natives seem to be delusional about how terrible it is.<p>One day I hope the EU lives up to the dream of being a genuine federation of EU states, with zero friction movement of labor (this is completely laughable now compared to the US), defends its borders instead of giving up on them, allows free and fair competition and puts its citizens above the bizarre EU commission and its bonkers methods and plans.