[pell]

This is definitely the reason. France specifically makes it very difficult to start a business, but even in other places such as Germany or the UK, it seems like any attitude towards independence is always met with discouragement.

[moorhosj]

And yet, many European countries have higher entrepreneurship rates than the US. [1]

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/10/think-w...