That continent wants their citizens to be safe. So, their citizens are going to pay the price of not having access to these developments as they are happening. I really doubt any of these big players will willingly launch in EU given how big the fines are from EU.
More opportunity for mistral and other EU competitors then I suppose
I'm sitting in Berlin, Germany, EU right now using Claude-3 Opus. I've been officially onboarded a few weeks ago.
They're not really ahead of the curve ...
Also, Mistral is in Europe. By the time they enter the EU there will only be breadcrumbs left.