This in a nutshell -- or maybe a synecdoche -- is precisely why Europe will never, ever, EVER be what it wants to be in innovation and tech.
Your passport matters more than your fitness for the position.
And this is for a *competition* economist.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-economist-fiona-scott-morton-quits-eu-job-emmanuel-macron/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=Top%20US%20economist%20quits%20EU%20job%20after%20Macron%20speaks%20out

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1681612104221052930