The vacuous, chattering class has replaced statesmen with the likes of this woman, who has almost no idea what it is like to run a business, make a profit large or small, hire and motivate and fire as necessary a staff, innovate an idea into an actual, functioning product that people want, and the like.
The European Union was a dream fueled by European Communists, though they sometimes used other "party" names to obscure the work. Their answer to problems is often the empty political phrase "more Europe."
When the European Commission types speak of "competitiveness," it is within the framework of political competition. THEY want to control, which is the antithesis of liberty, that magical realm where invention and true competition blossom. Liberty has, is and will be opposed at every step by government.
The "more Europe" chattering class of the EU is government. The enemy of liberty, by degree. The smallest government is therefore to be sought by those who would compete and be free, while the largest "more Europe" class works against that, because it is in their nature so to do.
Europe bores me.