It will, of course, do nothing to stop the masses of illegal migrants entering Europe by the millions, contrary to the misleading impression Ursula von der Leyen is attempting to create. And it certainly will not fix Europe’s innovation deficit, because the problem is not a lack of talent within Europe, but the regulation and taxation that kills every spark of innovation before it can even form.
This, after all, is what pushes Europe’s own skilled people — and those from India — toward countries that truly welcome high-skill talent with almost zero taxes, almost zero tech regulation, and a vast, supportive investor community, where wealthy investors place their money as far as possible from the EU’s unfair and excessively high taxes.