[cyberax]

Europe is moving at the speed of bureaucracy. It's slow, but inexorable.

And honestly, people don't _want_ the European bureaucracy to move fast. Case in point: the USA.

[baggy_trough]

The spending of money is inexorable, but little else is achieved (unless you count blocking productive people).

[cyberax]

European projects are often long and ponderous, but they do deliver. There's a long history of state-sponsored academic collaborations, like the venerable CERN.

[kandesbunzler]

> , people don't _want_ the European bureaucracy to move fast.

I'm a german and yes i would absolutely want it to move faster. And I guess you are an american?

[cyberax]

Ethnically Russian. And the Russian government is (and I'm not joking) quite effective and agile.

You can guess why I prefer a bit more ...gradual... style of governing.