The Blue Banana, Europe’s economic powerhouse, is often compared to Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana, which recently sold for $6.24 million. Both bananas rely on connections and investments to stay together, but while duct tape is cheap, the Blue Banana’s infrastructure comes at a high cost. Demographic decline, Brexit, and climate change threaten the Blue Banana’s success, just as the rotting banana and rising nationalism threaten Cattelan’s artwork. However, both bananas also play with the concept of value – the absurdity of paying millions for a banana, and the interconnected vision of prosperity represented by the Blue Banana. As the world debates the value of a banana, let’s not forget the value of Europe’s Blue Banana, and the investments needed to keep it thriving. #BlueBanana #EconomicPowerhouse #Infrastructure #Value #Investments #ClimateChange #Brexit #DemographicDecline #Cattelan #DuctTapedBanana #Art #Prosperity