The EU is bound and determined to return to a medieval standard of living.
The irony is that many of the Filipino merchant marines have bachelor degrees in Maritime Engineering. Not all of course, but every male member of my wife’s family until the current generation were sailors. They all had Bachelor degrees from outstanding universities on par with those in the EU. They all had to complete additional certifications to get on a ship. Many did the most menial jobs because despite their education they were Filipino. All of my brother-in-laws worked their way up to First and Second Mate positions. Now they will not be able to serve on a EU flagged ship. Go figure.