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Creating a pan-European legal entity, the right way

First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come. Now the bad news: Politicians will create a solution that won’t be useful for founders and investors – unless we stay actively involved in the details. We need your help!

I am part of a group of people that push for a pan-European legal entity in Europe: EU Inc The goal of this post is to explain a) how we got so far and b) what’s still needed and c) how you can help First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come. In the US I start a company in Boston, send an investor in California a YC SAFE note, they don't even need to involve their lawyers because they have seen that document hundreds of times. The ambitious goal is to have something to vote on by the end of 2025, and to have the first incorporation by late 2027, early 2028 – which, according to our policy team, is hyperspeed for government standards – especially at that level of complexity, involving that many countries and stakeholders.

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