The 28th Europe

REDefine // Civic Intelligence Podcast · Sep 29, 2026 · 8m · transcript

Europe has 27 Member States, but one of the more intriguing ideas in its current competitiveness debate is a 28th regime: a European corporate framework that could sit alongside national systems rather than replacing them. In this episode, we unpack what EU Inc. could actually change for a founder trying to scale across Europe, where national law would still reappear, and what earlier European experiments can teach us about why some common regimes thrive while others quietly join the institutional graveyard. The deeper question is larger than company law: is Europe beginning to discover the…