Aoife White

So European decision making is very slow, often very painful.

And there's a lot of different considerations there.

And you get the, I think there is still a very strong, I would say quite socialist, liberal side of politics and where human rights matters.

You see that with the trade unions coming in and they do have a say in politics.

how European policy gets discussed.

Do you see those views maybe filtering through more in Europe than they do in the US?

I mean, they're not absent in the US, but they're not dominant and they don't really maybe influence the politics as easily.

I mean, it's a common question that there's too much red tape.

There's too many rules.

It's difficult to start a business.

It's hard to do things.

I would say it's definitely hard to start a small business in one European country and expect to roll that out across the EU.

I mean, we know that it's hard.

You've got different tax systems.

You've got local rules on all kinds of things.

And that's very painful.

And that's definitely true.

On the bigger question, does it hold back growth?

I mean, I think the biggest problem is really lack of capital, lack of venture capital.

I mean, if you're a small company and you really want to grow, you're not going to find that kind of environment in Europe.