No. Europe is useless, not the airplane.
Well, so far they have not made a wall around Europe yet, so who wants to leave still can….
It should be said in all fairness that while Germany is one of the most bureaucratic and restrictive states, it is also one where flying itself is still quite nice, the airspace structure (especcially for VFR flying) rather easy to understand and work with and which still has a rather large airport and aerodrome list, despite the fact that there is a very vocal opposition against aviation. The same goes for Switzerland and to an extent for Austria. Yet, there are still countries here in Europe where VFR is much more restricted and basically CVFR all the way, where flight plans are needed for almost all flying, where airspaces overlap so that nobody really understands them anymore e.t.c. so we should count our blessings and keep it in perspective.
Mike Busch gives his answer to the question, in the US first-time buyer context :
