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In a recent article, findings from our Czech language Market Force paper were presented. In it, the author discusses how the Single Market has driven significant economic growth across Central and Eastern Europe, but that liberalising reforms are necessary to ensure that stagnation and declining productivity are counteracted.

A paper from IEM, EPICENTER's French member think tank, on the dire state of France's state-led pension system and the consequences of its continuation were featured in Le Figaro, one of France's most popular news outlets. In the article, the author presents findings which suggest that the embedded unsustainability of France's system presently accounts for significant gaps in market capitalisation and will likely face a struggle to survive given France's rapidly aging population.

In a recent article, Cécile Philippe, President of IEM, our French member think tank, argues that France should wake itself out of lethargy with regard to its aging population, the main cause of the inexorable increase in public deficits.

EPICENTER, in collaboration with TIMBRO, our Swedish member think tank, recently published the 2024 edition of the Authoritarian Populism Index. In a feature, Greece's 'Liberal Markets' outlined the main findings from the index, showcasing how Europe's contemporary political climate has been shaped by both right- and left-wing populists.

In an article from the Slovakian newspaper SME, an analyst at the MR Štefánik Conservative Institute uses the recent Authoritarian Populism Index from our member think-tank Timbro, published by EPICENTER, to examine the suspension of Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party's membership in the Party of European Socialists (PES) in October 2023.

Our member KEFiM is featured on Greek newspaper Politic with their policy text that shows European Union laws are passed by the anti-establishment parties in the Greek Parliament with low percentages. The policy text analyses the extent to which each opposition party votes for or against the laws that contain European legislation sanctions.

Greek newspaper Ekathimerini shared valuable insights shown by our member KEFiM in their research. Greek parties that are described as populist, anti-liberal and Eurosceptic regularly vote against EU laws brought to Parliament for approval, according to policy paper published by the Athens-based Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM) recently.

An article in Athena-news features a study by EPICENTER member think tank KEFiM, titled "Anti-European Parties in Parliament." The paper analyses the voting behaviour of Greek opposition parties on EU legislation from 2004 to 2023, highlighting significant variations in support among different parties.