EU Special Economic Zone

EU should create a special economic zone that’s designed for people who want to make Europe great again by building new companies.

Find a little-used piece of land—maybe in Southern Europe where the weather is good (we don’t want to freeze)—and rent it from the host government. Long enough that for anyone moving there, it feels like a permanent settlement. If the initiative is successful this is what it should become anyway.

Setup the Basics:

1. A Clean Slate:

   • Build the very basic infrastructure: roads, electricity, plumbing.

   • Simple, clear laws specifically designed for startups to move fast without getting stuck in bureaucracy.

   • This zone is exempt from EU and host country laws, operating as a true special economic zone. That’s the whole point.

2. Founder-Friendly Environment:

   • Options taxed when exercised, not before. Incentives for reinvestment.

   • Small, fair taxes to fund the zone’s infrastructure—no bloat, no waste.

   • Hell, let the EU take a small equity stake (think 5% or less) in the companies that emerge. If the place produces winners, the returns to the EU will dwarf the initial investment.

3. Why will this work?

   • Compact geography where ambitious people with shared goals live together is super powerful.

   • People who take the leap and move here are committed. These are the kind of people you want.

   • It’s clear that the current system is not working. We need to try something new. Why not this?

Large companies bring outsized value to their region. A single big winner could be worth more to the EU than decades of stale policies and pushing paper. Think of it as a pilot project or a study if that makes you feel better.

Kickstart it with incentives, collaboration from investors and larger companies, but then—and this is the most important step—GET OUT OF THE WAY.