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The (Chief Executive Officer) of Google Larry Page has told European they need to be more like Silicon Valley. He said European leaders do not support technology companies . Silicon Valley is home to of the world's largest technology . Google, Apple and Facebook have their there. Mr Page said Silicon Valley is a place for technology companies because it is easy to do there. He told Britain's 'Financial Times' newspaper that Silicon Valley was great for investing in and for making money by setting up new technology companies. He said Europe's politicians needed to start investing in big .

Mr Page told the Financial Times he had $62 that he wanted to invest in ideas. He said he wanted to use the money to benefit in Europe. He said: "We're trying to figure it out. How do we use all these   and have a much more impact on the world?" Page is not the first business leader to attack Europe for being slow with investing in technology. Many say European schools do not teach enough technology, so children do not have the that kids in Silicon Valley have. Many leaders in believe there should be a much bigger on technology in schools. Some think all elementary schools should have on coding for children.

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