China is probably more likely to take over in science.

Not if the EU creates the conditions to attract the scientific talent wanting to leave the US.

EU has a terrible track record. It's a gigantic bureaucratic papermill. They never promoted innovation, why would they start now?

They'll probably talk about starting to promote innovation. They kind of have to. But it's a paradigm shift.

> EU has a terrible track record.

In a context where the comparison is China...

I say, let a thousand flowers bloom!

EU slaps regulations

Don’t forget: quite many innovations (most?) that supported the Covid vaccines were developed in the EU.