Sigh. Jérôme's focus was US growth, not the comparison of US and other growth, and even less an analysis of falling behind...

I really don't see any room for complacency on this issue - we should be fighting for the EU to do better on a broader range of fronts - rather than being overly self-satisfied at what we have achieved to date.

That's good. Though it is more local, with the obstacles typically being local regulations.

Instead of arguing about how great we are, we have to do better.

You were arguing that we are worse than others -- if you wanted to speak about doing better compared to ourselves, you derailed your own argument there.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}