EPICENTER

Christian Nasulea, the director of EPICENTER member think tank IES, was featured on a popular Romanian news program called Digi24, where he discussed the Social Democratic Party’s proposed implementation of new taxes on Romanian citizens. During the segment, he discussed how the cost-of-living crisis in the Eurozone is being further exacerbated by various state interventions across the economy, which are creating inflationary pressures that are affecting citizens.

Nicolas Marques, Senior Fellow at the EPICENTER member think tank Institut Économique Molinari, participated in a debate on demographic changes and pension reform. During the debate, Marques argued for necessary structural reforms to adapt pension systems to demographic changes. He presented the idea that the end of the baby boom and the decline in fertility necessitate changes to civil servants’ pensions so that they are not financed exclusively by the taxpayer.

EPICENTER member think tank TIMBRO’s report on excessive government market interventions was recently featured in Sweden’s leading daily newspaper, Dagens Industri. The report highlights how government intervention has contributed to inflationary pressures and recommends regulatory simplification and the abolition of government fees to lower inflation rates.

The Warsaw Enterprise Institute, an EPICENTER partner, had the findings from their report featured in ‘Bankier’, one of Poland’s most popular news platforms. The report discussed the additional tax burden required to meet the PLN 57.6 billion price tag on the government’s ‘gift bag’. The article presented the key points from the report.

The Warsaw Enterprise Institute, an EPICENTER partner, recently had the findings from their 2022 edition of the ‘Report of Clever Santa’ featured in iPolska24 news. The article presented details from the report on the expenses incurred by ordinary citizens through taxation to fund the government’s ‘gift bag’.