Does it? The EU isn't a single country like the US - it's a partnership of 27 separate countries.

If one country in the UN adopted some new OS, we wouldn't expect every other country (incl the US) to adopt it too.

That's an accurate description of the status quo, but it's also a good example of massive inefficiencies in the EU.

FWIW, I'm not saying that I would expect the EU to do a better job than the Dutch government. Likely quite the opposite. But it's frustrating as passionate European... that these problems aren't tackled on a union level. You'd think that's their job? The EU will never compete if it stays a loose partnership of 27 countries, and if it can't even get France, Germany, and the Netherlands to work on this together instead of running 3 separate projects...

	▲	tweetle_beetle 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is the equivalent of two competing startups getting an advantage over an enterprise, just at government scale. It's a good thing. Two competing products emerge, they are battle tested, opinions form, reviews are conducted. At that point it's a much better time for a significantly larger organisation to create a more focused realistic plan based on learnings and outcomes. Imagine the analysis paralysis that would set in if the EU tried it from scratch - years of requirements gathering, pilots, reports...