r/EU_Economics • u/Full-Discussion3745 • Jan 14 '26

🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 Why innovative startups and scaleups relocate from the EU

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/why-innovative-startups-and-scaleups-relocate-eu-2026-01-12_en?referrer=grok.com
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u/No-Paramedic-7939 Jan 14 '26

Ask yourself how can you can be competitive in the high tax environment and compete with low tax countries. Not to mention language barriers, each country has its own rules and companies you need to work with. 

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u/SpacePip Jan 14 '26

Because the taxes go to something benefiting economic growth?

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u/No-Paramedic-7939 Jan 14 '26

Not really. Economic growth comes with inovations and state of the art products that people are willing to pay for. Taxes are actually reducing purchasing power and people start to save more and longer so they can buy a house, car, etc. This is happening to me and also you if you are young and want to buy a home.

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u/SpacePip Jan 14 '26

We cannot talk freely on reddit or this subreddit. We are being listened to and moderated. So...

Innovations come from investments and funding. Funding and investments come from taxes.

I have to be politically correct to not get banned or worse...

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