[sealeck]

> The language barrier is just the cost of a translator.

Is it?

> Market fragmentation is a measurable phenomenon, as far as a language goes.

Market fragmentation isn't about language fragmentation – the EU has no single market for services currently, which means if you want to launch a product EU-wide you are effectively launching a product in 27 different countries. There is some harmonization, but not much. If you launch a product in the US you have a large fully harmonized single market.

[izacus]

The most bizarre thing is that the loudest critics of EUs market fragmentation are usually the most aggressive blockers of integration that would mitigate these issues.

[James_K]

What exactly is the current single market for services lacking?

https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/ser...

They seem to have a lot of bases covered.