Von der Leyen Unveils EU–India Talent Office, for secondary (Legal) Migration Routes
Ursula von der Leyen says that to prevent illegal border crossings, "we must open more safe and legal pathways to Europe," and announces, as part of the new "talent partnerships," an office opening in India to connect European employers with non-European jobseekers.
Opening Europe’s doors to legal immigration for professionals the continent genuinely needs is a sensible step.
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.