alt Hacker NewsTrump's actions are pushing Europeans towards federalisation as a broader trend.
More specifically things like this are happening quietly in the background:
https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/eu-inc-maki...
This mandates a few things:
Countries must do certain things in English to ensure a common language.
Simple liquidation for bankruptcies, register once and operate across the EU.
Places like Germany have loads of talent but are cumbersome to setup a startup etc. This reduces that.
Things won't change overnight but a decade from now things will look a bit different, capital markets won't match the US by then but I expect the dependence trend will start to have reversed. There is no crystal ball for these things.
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It's ironic that the EU has adopted English as their primary language now that England is no longer in the EU.
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There is stuff happening but I think most of it is addressing side issues (and cannot address some cores outside of an actual USofE, if then).
For example, how would that overcome local resistance to new infrastructure or reduce the huge amount of (local) regulations in a significant way?