{"id":8939,"date":"2025-02-04T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/?p=8939"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:50:37","slug":"mus-tatala-eu-at-a-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/en\/mus-tatala-eu-at-a-crossroads\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkadiusz Mus, Marek Tatala: European Union at a crossroads: deregulation or decline?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769\">\n.avia-section.av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tlo-wpisy-1.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='blog-single-head'  class='avia-section av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769 main_color 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Autor: FWG<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  id=\"blok-text\"  class='av_textblock_section av-3pm1-f71415bc27e0a854a7d1f142fbabe97e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Not only is the European Union&#8217;s poor economic performance devastating for its citizens and their well-being, but it also fuels anti-EU populists whose cures, which include dismantling the Union, are frequently worse than the illness. In order to survive, the European Union must also undergo significant economic transformation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f\">\n.flex_column.av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-zero-column-padding avia-full-stretch  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsen5s-6dba71cc32a0796cf1ef60dde98fe32f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kqrsen5s-6dba71cc32a0796cf1ef60dde98fe32f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kqrsen5s-6dba71cc32a0796cf1ef60dde98fe32f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kqrsen5s-6dba71cc32a0796cf1ef60dde98fe32f av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-8941 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8941 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6.jpg\" alt='Spadaj\u0105ca konkurencyjno\u015b\u0107, wysokie koszty energii i biurokratyczny marazm gro\u017c\u0105 przekszta\u0142ceniem Unii Europejskiej w gospodarczy skansen. Czy Polska, z do\u015bwiadczeniem transformacji i nadchodz\u0105c\u0105 prezydencj\u0105 w Radzie UE, mo\u017ce da\u0107 impuls do odwa\u017cnych reform? O najwa\u017cniejszych wyzwaniach dla Europy pisz\u0105 Arkadiusz Mu\u015b i Marek Tata\u0142a w \u201eGazecie\u00a0Wyborczej\u201d.' title='Zdj\u0119cie WhatsApp 2025-01-03 o 13.08.15_b146bed6'  height=\"1200\" width=\"1600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zdjecie-WhatsApp-2025-01-03-o-13.08.15_b146bed6-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kqrsh7yw-74a80fb602aa8948a95577b3819ef166 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"col-wpisy\"><span class=\"col-one-wpis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/en\/category\/liberalism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Liberalism<\/a><\/span><span class=\"col-two-wpis\">04.02.2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6\">\n.avia-section.av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tlo_sygnet_lewa.png);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8939'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616\">\n.flex_column.av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97\">\n.flex_column.av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  id=\"blok-text\"  class='av_textblock_section av-4orv-42faeb4ba91ef609160e83741c216ef6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cIt\u2019s the economy, stupid!\u201d was a catchphrase used during Bill Clinton&#8217;s successful\u00a01992 presidential\u00a0campaign and remains popular to this day. Donald Trump, along with Elon Musk and a group of entrepreneurs who seek radical change, were brought to the White House more than 30 years later, primarily due to economic concerns. The US economy was growing up to five times faster than the European Union&#8217;s in 2023. Nonetheless, this was insufficient for the Americans. So what can the Europeans say? Not only is the European Union&#8217;s poor economic performance devastating for its citizens and their well-being, but it also fuels anti-EU populists whose cures, which include dismantling the Union, are frequently worse than the illness. In order to survive, the European Union must also undergo significant economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Poor growth is mostly caused by declining competitiveness, high energy costs, increasing regulation, and slowing innovation. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was right that \u201cthe European economy must become a powerhouse once again, a growth powerhouse, a powerhouse that is not afraid of any competition.\u201d However, it is time to move from words to action, as over the past decade or so, thousands of pages have been written in words and little has come of it for the EU economy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, about 300 days after the European Council&#8217;s decision, Enrico Letta&#8217;s report on the Single Market was released. A year after the President of the European Commission made her declaration, we found out what Mario Draghi&#8217;s report on competitiveness included. In both reports, written under the watchful eye of former prime ministers of Italy, which is not famous for either rapid growth or decisive reforms, sensible deregulatory proposals that are worth implementing immediately are mixed with unrealistic attempts to make everyone happy (e.g. let&#8217;s spend even more, but at the same time, maintain all social programmes) or recommendations that will weaken competitiveness. In the upcoming weeks, it will be possible to compare the results of the Letta and Draghi reports with what US entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be achieving under the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are thousands of pages of publications in the drawers of the European institutions from the last dozen years about the unfinished construction of the Single Market, overregulation and incoherence of European law. A 2020 study by the European Commission shows that 60% of the barriers at the Single Market identified by businesses were also reported&#8230;twenty years earlier. Old restrictions are not being removed; new ones are emerging. Therefore, it is evident what needs to be done, and the EU now requires brave and determined individuals who will finally take action. Leszek Balcerowicz and other Polish reformers in 1989 possessed these attributes, and Javier Milei in Argentina has them today. Who will be at the forefront of change in Europe?<\/p>\n<p>This is where the opportunity for Poland opens up. The Polish government should use the much greater strength of the Polish economy than when we joined the EU, the European experience of the Prime Minister and the presidency of the Council of the EU, to move into action in the spirit of the slogan \u201c It\u2019s the economy, stupid.\u201d Compared to many other EU member states, Poland&#8217;s economy has grown more quickly over the last three decades. Our history includes a number of significant reform measures, as well as the successful economic transformation in 1989. The European Union needs decisive leaders that will inspire Europeans to take action, unlock the continent&#8217;s still vast but untapped potential, and enable businesses working within the Union to grow. The EU cannot afford to make any more gradual reforms at the pace typical of Brussels bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Donald Tusk rightly pointed out that \u201crestrictions, overregulation, sometimes naive ambitions to protect the entire planet have made us increasingly uncompetitive.\u201d Energy prices in the EU are several times higher than in the US or other neighbouring countries such as Algeria, Egypt or Turkey. This undermines the competitiveness of European business and hurts the economy, consumers and workers. It limits the room for wage increases while products are more expensive. In addition to the insufficient natural resources in Europe and Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, the Union&#8217;s excessive burdens and overreaching green policies in the name of these \u201cnaive ambitions\u201d are also to blame for these high prices.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the environment is significant, and importantly, wealthier communities take better care of the environment than the poorer ones do. Therefore, the green policy that the EU should be pursuing is primarily rapid economic growth. As long as the innovations are not hindered, they will also lower production costs and increase energy efficiency. Energy and industrial regulations must adapt to technological progress without causing price increases or significant adjustments to production methods. The European Union&#8217;s survival and progress both depend on the revision of its climate targets and environmental regulations. Otherwise, anti-European populist groups will keep becoming stronger and will try to destroy the Union, which means abandoning not just all green policies but also the Single Market and peaceful cooperation. The actual threat that needs to be addressed is this, not the upcoming apocalypse that some climate activists have declared.<\/p>\n<p>Overregulation of the digital economy and new technologies has also been occurring over the past decade, which has hindered innovation and slowed productivity growth. According to the Draghi report, the EU currently has about 100 laws pertaining to the emerging technology sector, and member states have over 270 regulators who handle digital issues. This does not mean that regulations should not exist; rather, they should be coherent, less intrusive to rapidly evolving technology, and promote innovation rather than defending outdated business models. While the legal system should take into account phenomena such as the development of artificial intelligence, this does not mean that the Union should be proud of achieving \u201cthe world&#8217;s first comprehensive regulation of AI.\u201d The US has more to be proud of than having the largest technological companies in the world or the strongest AI industry.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s move on from artificial intelligence to more mundane matters. People are already working less in most EU countries than in the US or Asia. Whether we like it or not, prosperity also comes from work, so if we want to continue to develop, we have to work. In Poland, the ideas being pushed above all by the social democrats and radical left for a top-down reduction of working hours and days should be blocked. At the same time, further intensification of trade wars will be detrimental to both the European Union and the world, because free trade is best for development. Hence, the EU leaders should dissuade Donald Trump&#8217;s administration from its protectionist plans.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, many of the Single Market&#8217;s obstacles \u2013 like those concerning regulated services and professions \u00a0\u2013 are of a national nature. In order to counteract the effects of intra-EU protectionism, the EU should put more pressure on Single Market participants with measures to reduce the regulatory burden in their own countries. Poland should not be at the vanguard of nations with the most regulated professions, overregulation of services, or being in the bottom of economic freedom indices if it hopes to lead economic changes within the EU. In 2025, let&#8217;s begin transforming Poland and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>The Single Market was the result of decades of the European Union&#8217;s efforts to establish a reputation for peaceful cooperation and growing economic ties. Today, bureaucracy and regulation are obscuring this legacy of peace and progress. The Industrial Revolution started in Britain and later reached other European countries. The Union is now in risk of turning into an open-air museum of industry and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>We should remember our local proverb \u201ca wise Pole after the damage is done\u201d in addition to the slogan \u201cit\u2019s the economy, stupid!\u201d Waiting till the negative effects of poor economic policies become more severe is not an option. If we want Europe to become a growth powerhouse again, we should be encouraged by Musk and Milei&#8217;s enthusiasm and ambition, even if we do not agree with all they say. The Polish government should advocate for a decisive and bold transition on the continent. Rapid economic growth will be the best shield against external and internal enemies of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Arkadiusz Mus<\/em><\/strong><em>, Polish entrepreneur, President of Press Glass Holding<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Marek Tatala<\/em><\/strong><em>, CEO of Economic Freedom Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Polish version of this article originally appeared<\/em> <em>in <a href=\"https:\/\/wyborcza.pl\/7,75968,31583945,unii-grozi-los-gospodarczego-skansenu-niech-impuls-dla-niej.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gazeta Wyborcza<\/a> newspaper in January 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd\">\n.flex_column.av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only is the European Union&#8217;s poor economic performance devastating for its citizens and their well-being, but it also fuels anti-EU populists whose cures, which include dismantling the Union, are frequently worse than the illness. 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