A page of Yannis Karamitsios dedicated to European and global federalism
Brussels
Joined December 2022
- Tweets4K
- Following4.8K
- Followers5.7K
- Likes3K
Europe’s share of global tech R&D has collapsed from 23% in 2005 to just 8% today. 😌
It is Time for a European Federation:
this is the only way to compete with the other global powers, namely by uniting our resources and ambitions.
Source:
teapawt.org/MichaelAArouet/status/…
This is eye-opening. Europe’s share of global tech R&D has collapsed from 23% in 2005 to just 8% today, while the US has climbed to 62% and China has risen from near zero to 15%. South Korea now outspends Germany, France, the UK, and Italy combined in tech R&D. Yep, you read that right.
This is the predictable result of policy choices that systematically favor control and redistribution over growth. Layered regulation, data rules, AI restrictions, labor rigidities, and precautionary frameworks, raises the cost and slows the pace of turning ideas into products, forcing companies to spend scarce resources on compliance rather than experimentation. High taxation and expansive redistributive systems extract capital that would otherwise fund private R&D and risk-taking, while shrinking the after-tax reward for building something new and scaling it. The broader left-leaning mindset that prioritizes equality of outcome over dynamism treats entrepreneurial success as something to be managed, taxed, or shared rather than unleashed and rewarded.
Places that protect the returns to innovation and keep barriers low continue to pull ahead, attracting talent and capital that Europe increasingly loses. Europe’s relative decline is the cumulative outcome of treating dynamism as a problem to be regulated rather than the engine of prosperity. Without a shift toward lighter rules, lower burdens on enterprise, and greater tolerance for unequal outcomes from unequal effort, the gap will keep widening, and Europe will become an open-air museum for wealthy Americans and Asians.
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
President Lagarde has informed the Governing Council and the President of the European Council António Costa that she will step down from her position on 7 February 2027.
Her successor will be appointed by the European Council in due course.
Press release ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/…
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
This is eye-opening. Europe’s share of global tech R&D has collapsed from 23% in 2005 to just 8% today, while the US has climbed to 62% and China has risen from near zero to 15%. South Korea now outspends Germany, France, the UK, and Italy combined in tech R&D. Yep, you read that right.
This is the predictable result of policy choices that systematically favor control and redistribution over growth. Layered regulation, data rules, AI restrictions, labor rigidities, and precautionary frameworks, raises the cost and slows the pace of turning ideas into products, forcing companies to spend scarce resources on compliance rather than experimentation. High taxation and expansive redistributive systems extract capital that would otherwise fund private R&D and risk-taking, while shrinking the after-tax reward for building something new and scaling it. The broader left-leaning mindset that prioritizes equality of outcome over dynamism treats entrepreneurial success as something to be managed, taxed, or shared rather than unleashed and rewarded.
Places that protect the returns to innovation and keep barriers low continue to pull ahead, attracting talent and capital that Europe increasingly loses. Europe’s relative decline is the cumulative outcome of treating dynamism as a problem to be regulated rather than the engine of prosperity. Without a shift toward lighter rules, lower burdens on enterprise, and greater tolerance for unequal outcomes from unequal effort, the gap will keep widening, and Europe will become an open-air museum for wealthy Americans and Asians.
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
After months of dithering, Europe is sending its strongest signals yet that it is ready to speak directly with Russia to end the full-scale invasion of Ukraine @JorgeLiboreiro writes.
Read the full story here: l.euronews.com/FKhI
In 2024, the EU’s total fertility rate was 1.34 live births per woman.
During the last two decades, the median age of the EU population increased from 39.6 years to 44.9 years.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statis…
Three reasons why Lula’s 🇧🇷 victory matters positively for Europe:
🟢It will preserve the solid Mercosur - EU relationship
🟢It will help protect the Amazon rainforest
🟢It carries significant symbolic weight, as it checks the pro-Trump wave in Latin America
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
Bulgaria is becoming the Battery of the Balkans.
Its battery storage capacity has doubled to around 6 GW in just one year.
Backed by €700 million in EU grants, the boom is helping Bulgaria supply electricity to its neighbours.
A new energy powerhouse is emerging in Eastern Europe.
Soil quality in Europe - and Ukraine🇺🇦 as its breadbasket.
Its productive soils can support high yields of grains and other crops, contributing significantly to regional and global food security when properly managed and accessed.
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
🇪🇺🇬🇧 The road to European sovereignty.
British jets have joined a French nuclear exercise for the first time.
A European Security Council will organise an independent European defence.
Europe must coordinate military action, sanctions and foreign policy.
Europe needs its own nuclear doctrine and military independence from the US.
Europe is beginning to understand the need for independence.
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
Parliament strongly condemned the latest deadly Russian strikes off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania, criticised the Bulgarian government’s weak response and called for greater support to detect hostile drone threats in the Black Sea.
Learn more ➡️ link.europa.eu/prbkVH
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
Between 2019 and 2024, the EU’s GDP grew by 5.6% overall in real terms. 📈
Highest GDP growth in:
🇮🇪Eastern and Midland (+38.0%)
🇮🇪Northern and Western (+36.4%)
Decreases in:
🇧🇬Yugoiztochen (-20.5%)
🇬🇷Dytiki Makedonia (-18.0%)
Read more 👉link.europa.eu/dWPMfN
#EurostatRYB
ALT Map showing Change in GDP, 2019-2024 (% in real terms, by NUTS 2 regions), among EU countries, EFTA and candidate countries with available data.
We stand with the International Criminal Court against Trump's attacks:
The European Parliament🇪🇺 awarded to the International Criminal Court and its officials the Sakharov Prize!
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
Time for a European Federation -Yannis Karamitsios retweeted
The Arctic is Europe's northern neighbourhood.
Today, we present our new Strategy for the Arctic to strengthen cooperation on:
🛡️ Security
🌍 Climate
🌱 Prosperity
🤝 Local communities
For a safer, more resilient Arctic.
ALT Snow-covered mountains rise behind a picturesque Arctic coastal village with red wooden houses on stilts beside blue water. The EU flag appears in the top-left corner, with the text “Europe has a new Arctic Strategy” in large white letters across the bottom.
Against all anti-EU stereotypes, the Union🇪🇺 is a net exporter of high-tech products, and especially to the U.S.
In 2025, the EU imported €534.1 billion worth of high-tech products and exported €566.5 billion. 💻 ↔️
Main trade partners:
Imports: 🇨🇳China (€150.4 billion)
Exports: 🇺🇸United States (€195.1 billion)
Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/GjNkpM
ALT Eurostat infographic showing Main EU partners for trade in high-tech products, 2025.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
1 in 5 Europeans, including 1 in 4 children, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Europe’s Tide of Citizen Assemblies:
Unsung Success or Anticlimax?
A notable degree of participative democracy has firmly arrived in Europe. But to have more far-reaching impact, democratic deliberation needs to move into a radically new phase.
carnegieendowment.org/europe…
Sad but true.
We must fight united against the Trump - Putin axis.
It is Time for a European Federation, with Ukraine🇺🇦 as part of it!
We stand with Zelensky. We stand with Ukraine. We stand with Europe.
And let the Trump - Putin axis f... off
channelstv.com/2026/10/11/tr…
