It is almost caricatural that the EU's "response to SpaceX" should focus on admin and regulation (and to reduce competition) before actually building anything of value... or that they just even think that this might help.
EU protectionism: "What the fuck are they doing! They're undermining market economics by trying to protect their domestic interests! We will withdraw from EU sales if this continues (lie)."
You could AI generate these comments, and they would be indistinct from what HN's armchair economists write under their own volition.