the scenario I hope for in Europe is that soon, one or more country refuses to enforce one of the major European directive like GDPR, MICA, ESG compliance or similar that has a clear short term nefarious impact on competitiveness

this would reveal the emperor's naked because I suspect the EU wouldn't take any drastic action

could lead EU in the direction most promising for it: to be the framework for competition between the block's countries to produce local or global optima outcomes (e.g. France in AI, or Germany in cars)

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the scenario I hope for in Europe is that soon, one or more country refuses to enforce one of the major European directive like GDPR, MICA, ESG compliance or similar that has a clear short term nefarious impact on competitiveness

this would reveal the emperor's naked because I suspect the EU wouldn't take any drastic action

could lead EU in the direction most promising for it: to be the framework for competition between the block's countries to produce local or global optima outcomes (e.g. France in AI, or Germany in cars)

https://x.com/paulg/status/1892726141355798945

yeah business will just register in other jurisdictions yeah rather than comply with this and hurt business

and go dark leaving EU with nothing

Interesting analysis! Competition among European countries could boost innovation and growth, provided the right frameworks are in place. Looking forward to seeing how things progress! 🌍🚀