After the reduction of U.S. funding for programmes such as USAID, the Commission has announced it will double down to maintain this structure in Europe. Should we be worried? The Commission does not know any other way of governing. When something fails, it does not rethink the model—it intensifies intervention. If its policies do not work, the conclusion is never “maybe we are wrong,” but “we haven’t changed people enough.” That is why I do not expect a short-term shift. This approach—the idea that social problems are explained by individual behaviour and that the state must correct it—has been deeply entrenched in the political class for decades.