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The Economist
The Economist
10 Apr 2025


NextImg:The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe | Charlemagne

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now

Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison

The thing about Europe, the sneerers say, is that it is over-regulated. Mounds of red tape and punitive taxes mean there are no trillion-dollar entrepreneurial ventures in France or Germany to match Amazon, Google or Tesla. But that is not all Europe is lacking. Also absent from the continent are the broligarchs who sit atop such behemoths, some of whom have a tighter grip on power than on reality. There are thus no European Rasputins pumping untold millions into political campaigns, getting pride of place at leaders’ inaugurations or their own new-minted government departments to run. There are few unicorns in Europe, alas, and too little innovation. That said, there are absolutely no tech executives boasting on social media of spending their weekends feeding bits of the state “into the wood chipper”.

This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The thing about Europe”

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