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June 2, 2025

Carrots, as well as sticks, can encourage European tech investment

It is bizarre that American and Middle Eastern investors are often more enthusiastic about European startups than local counterparts

John Thornhill

4 min read

One of the tropes of our times is that legislation kills innovation. But occasionally it can enable it too. 

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John Thornhill

John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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