European startups have traditionally had limited interest in EU politics and policymaking. The pressures of fundraising, building a product and gaining customers, often with limited budgets and small teams, means that advocating for more favourable regulations in the EU bureaucratic jungle has usually been at the bottom of founders’ to-do lists.
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5 things startups want out of the European elections
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