Is it the country you live in or the country where most of your customers are based in? What if your customers all live outside the EU?
France is never going to accept that you live in France but your business pays it's taxes in Germany or vice versa.
Also I don't agree with the author's take that Europe is not risk averse. It is risk averse.
I tried to open a bank account in USD at my local bank because I wanted my accountant to have access to all the deposits/invoices for my business. I had to answer a form with 50 questions as to why I needed this bank account.
I was told the process would take months potentially. the result is that 6 months later I never received a response and now I am using Revolut as my bank.
It's the small things really.
About the lack of English, that is absolutely true but not because EU kids don't spend enough time learning English, it's because of the teaching style and the culture.
In France all the movies/tv shows are dubbed in French. In Sweden it's not. Guess who speaks better English?
In Sweden I hear kids as young as 11 or 12 talk in English with their friends because it's cool. In France, there is no way in hell that this would happen. Finally the way languages are taught in France is absolutely terrible. There is a lot of emphasis on reading and grammar rules but barely any talking.
The result is that a high school graduate who has spent almost 8 years leaning English 2 hours per week at school can't hold a normal conversation in English for more than a few minutes.