Brussels pushes ‘buy European’ procurement plan

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1. Remember this when the quality and quantity of your public services takes a nosedive. Instead of finding the best value for *your* money, the European Commission intends on keeping uncompetitive European concerns afloat by excluding foreign suppliers from procurement contracts. This will create the ideal conditions for European price-fixing cartels similar to what we’ve seen in the construction industry of Ireland and the UK.

   The European Commission will always put corporate interests above your own. 

2. Protectionism makes sense for developing countries, but I’ve never seen a mature economy do it, that’s a pretty dismal admission that their industries can’t compete and need propping up politically.

3. Foreign producers can undercut EU competitors because they aren’t playing by the same rules. Outside the EU, weak labor protections, state-sponsored industries, and lax environmental regulations allow for exploitative practices that significantly lower costs. In contrast, EU directives on subsidies, worker rights, and sustainability promote fairness and ethical standards, even if they increase costs.

   While this proposal is undeniably a form of protectionism, it is also promoting ethical consumption, supporting products made under more equitable and environmentally responsible conditions.

4. EU: ”America first is bad for America, we must trade for prosperity! It is not good for a country to prioritize its own goods and services and workers!”

   *The US imposed tariffs*

   EU: ”We shall push ’buy European’ and we shall impose tariffs because that will improve European goods and services and producer workers!”

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