[tw1984]

the entire EU is a huge US colony nowadays.

just look back 15 years, for all those emerging sectors that were/are hot during the period, how many new EU companies managed to rise? a few drug makers for sure, but everything else is just dead despite the fact that they have a huge economy and a relatively unified market with hundreds of million people.

EU is dying a slow economic death, the US must be very happy for that.

[RestlessMind]

How much of that is because of US colonialism and how much is on the Europeans themselves who display some of the most conservative (with a small c) attitudes? Mario Draghi's report was a good rebuke to the EU mindset and culture.

[tw1984]

do yourself a favor, for all those emerging sectors considered as hot in the last 15 years, like 5G, mobile internet, renewable energy, EVs, drones, AI etc, just name one company that managed to rise to the very top and highly competitive with their US peers.

care to explain why EU, Japan, Korea, Canada all stopped producing such companies? all mindset and culture issues?

[Perceval]

Having weak and moribund allies is not happy news for the United States.