The EU is all about protectionism. And to avoid obvious trade agreement infringements it will come up with regulations that either only eu countries can meet or

The EU is all about protectionism. And to avoid obvious trade agreement infringements it will come up with regulations that either only eu countries can meet or are too expensive to implement. But these regulations kill off internal innovation as well. Developing eu member states need to spend massive amounts of money to implement them. And yet people wonder why there is so little innovation in europe. Perhaps some imagine they can keep building cars and machinery until the end of time.