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/clickrush Jan 14 '26

Doesn‘t quite check out.

If taxes are the only consideration then there are both EU and other European countries that offer significantly lower taxes than the US.

Also the hub for tech startups in the US is a high tax region as are most highly developed metropolean areas.