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You can just do things – Creating a pan-European legal entity, the right way

Jun 27, 2025 · 16 min read · 6 views

Context:

I am part of a group of people that push for a pan-European legal entity in Europe: EU Inc

The goal of this post is to explain a) how we got so far and b) what’s still needed and c) how you can help

First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come.

The bad news: The startup ecosystem needs to stay actively involved, otherwise politicians will do a solution that won’t be useful for founders and investors – and this is very likely to happen by default.

We need your help getting this right!

Ok let me explain and give you a bit of backstory:

There is a common saying… "Europe doesn't have a startup problem; it has a scale-up problem." Effectively, this means we have enough startups, but not enough money for scale-ups.

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