Europe's Missing Trillions

The European Union's economy is struggling to keep pace with the US and China. Decades of low productivity, reliance on traditional industry and a failure to invest have lost it trillions of euros in growth, leading to this moment of reckoning. With France facing political upheaval and Germany’s economy in a downturn, the continent is at risk of losing its seat at the table, and maybe its ability to protect itself in a world where security is no longer guaranteed.

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[irdielezi]

I think regulation for big companies is not a bad thing but this regulations for start ups is killing them and making it more difficult for new companies to emerge in Europe.

[liepsan]

What baffles me is, we produce the worlds best micro-chip machines and yet use hardly any of them ourselves. We don't invest enough in new industries it's a little sad. I think we are stuck in the mindset of; why make it when you can purchase it abroad.

[Michael-ulkv]

Europe has a bureaucracy problem. Regulations can be fine, don't share private data, dont overly pollute environment. However the bureaucracy of enforcement absolutely strangles any business preventing growth.

[DoodleDan]

But we do have amazing startups, unfortunately they leave for the USA because of Europe's malignant bureaucracy.
For some reason we also refuse to incorporate English as a mandatory second language for business

[zzlbbdp]

Try to do something with IT in Europe, 20+ languages and rules that favor locals. Of course they cant scale quickly

[margauxlowery]

The EU is killing everything with overregulation. I own two small businesses, and it’s not easy. Taxation is high, and everything is slow and painful. Bigger companies still have some power to compete, but smaller ones are deeply struggling. The saddest part of all this isn’t just the taxes, bureaucracy, or lack of digitalization—it’s the people who willingly accept this nonsense every day. No one sees the problem. It’s mind-blowing.

[scarletevans]

You forgot about another important factor: ENERGY PRICES.
Energy is becoming more costly and it's not affordable to produce things in many parts of Europe anymore, while at the same time energy prices keep rising even more, partially because of not being a "green energy".

[abbofun]

and how much did the average John Doe in the US benefit from this so called US economic success?

[master]

Wages are completely obliterated by inflation and the work force is shrinking due to aging population. The result shouldnt be surprising

[bumpy]

The problem is fundementally that technology often disrupts existing industries, like Uber. Recall the European response to it was to cancel it or regulate it. But not to create it. Industries are created from culture and Europe has a cultural problem with IT.

[piromanaBG]

When the workforce in high tech is payed the same as bus driver you get the EU economy.

[Dara-wkty]

Please look at energy prices in the EU compared to China and the US
They are sky high

[MarktYertd]

Europe faces a systemic issue as it lacks tech companies driving innovation, with leaders in technology, space, and electric vehicles mainly coming from the U.S., China, or Asia. This dependence weakens the continent, hampers growth, and exacerbates debt problems it cannot effectively tackle.

[asoutoimporters]

So much regulations, it's becoming crazy. Everything requires permits

[MartinNew]

The euro cannot be maintained without a robust European industry, and that’s the core issue.

[BhaskarRoy-tw]

If US is friend you don't need an enemy.

[DanBurgaud]

"EU Economy is in tatters. In Tatters I tell you. IN TATTERS!" --- Ursula

[marktn]

When u know u already lost EV industry, don’t focus on competition or tariffs, instead, seek cooperation for survival. To go against the flow is expensive n suicidal.

[aswath]

5:33 why’s bloomberg of all publications conflating market capitalisations with GDP? for all their impressive market cap figures, their profits would be a better proxy for GDP (assuming all of profits emanate from value addition which’s pushing the envelope) and assuming an average PE of 25, the 8 trillion figure shrinks to 320 billion. Or on the other hand, if you’re to compare market caps, 61 trillion for the US equities compared to 56 trillion for the euronext

[fijimano]

every empire has it's time. the middle east had theirs, europe had theirs, the us is having theirs.