I'm a driverlicensecel at mid twenties too lol, in US cost's nothing though I just don't feel like getting since I don't want to work cucked job anyway and live near public transport.
For what possible feasible reason would a driver's license ever cost 2000 euros though wtf, can you explain the bureaucrat logic on that at all?
It is similar in my country. I am actually NOT a driver's licencecel, just a NEET cel. I did actually have a car when I was 19, but my life has gone backwards since then.
Anyway, to get to the point, Europe takes road safety
very seriously, as we do not have guns, so cars are the next most dangerous thing.
You have to complete the allocated number of hours of tuition to ensure you are safe and competent to control a motor vehicle.
Often, due to high vehicle ownership costs, the driving instructor has to charge a lot of money per hour and this is transferred to the driving student.
On top of this, the test has a very STRICT pass/fail criteria where you have to perform a variety of stupid pointless maneuvers that you would never use in day to day driving circumstances.
For instance, reversing around a corner. If you touch the kerb, you fail.
If you don't indicate (turn signal) before you make a turn, you fail.
There are loads of stupid and arbitrary fail criteria where you can fail even if you're overall driving skills are good.
Hope that explains it a bit.
Look up on Youtube for "UK driving test" if you want to get an idea of how hard it is to get a licence in Europe.