> It's even difficult and expensive to _stop_ an LLC and dissolve it.

In my experience this is at least as important. Everyone focuses on the process of creating companies, which is now relatively streamlined in many European countries.

The real, massive difference between the US and EU is how hard it is to shutdown a company and the legal implications of that. I was shocked at how unreasonably slow and painful it can be to shutdown a company in Europe the first time I did it. Many countries effectively treat it as a criminal proceeding. Sometimes startups just fail, that is the nature of startups.

In the US shutting down a company is almost as easy as creating one.

I've been told by a lawyer that a common sensible step in closing companies in Germany is to first...reseat the company in the UK ... (at least pre-brexit - not sure if things have changed). Think of how bad and expensive the process has to be for this extra step to be worthwhile.