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Digi24 examine the recent Timbro Authoritarian Populism Index's findings. Published by EPICENTER, approximately 26.9% of Europeans support political parties with authoritarian or populist ideologies, with Romanian ranking 7th in Europe for populist party support.

EPICENTER member think tank TIMBRO's Authoritarian Populism Index has been featured in an article from the prominent Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Using the findings of the Index, the article discusses how Poland is among the countries with the greatest support for populist parties in Europe, ranking 5th overall.

INESS' recent article on the benefits of the European Single Market for Slovakia has made an appearance on SME - one of Slovakia's most widely published newspapers. Reflecting EPICENTER's wider views on the SM, it discusses the financial benefits for Slovakia since its induction and how to ensure this success continues into the future.

IES Executive Director Christian Năsulea appeared on Euronews to discuss the recent Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity formula that will be established to increase the country's minimum wage. It will take into account purchasing power, the level of average gross salary earnings and labour productivity, however this may pose future problems with the additional governmental regulation and economic consequences of such a decision.

Štěpán Drábek, an analyst at EPICENTER's partner think tank CETA, appeared on the Seznam Zprávy news podcast to elaborate on how the accession to the EU helped Czechia and brought it into the group of richer countries. However, recent regulations are now destroying the idea on which the Union was founded, the idea of ​​a single and free market, which Drábek says is too important not to ignore.

Christian Năsulea, Executive Director of Romanian member think tank, was intverviewed by Kanal D TV. He discusses how the inflation rate in Romania has been decreasing from month to month, and how prices have strangely still risen despite this.

Executive Director of the IES Christian Năsulea appears on the latest Romanian Digi.FM broadcast discussing how a total of 60,000 people were laid off by big tech companies in the first four months of 2024, including such big names as Google, Amazon and TikTok.

Digi.FM's radio excerpt features IES Executive Director Christian Năsulea discussing how on May 13th, there will be a meeting of the NBR regarding a possible decrease in interest rates, and how this may affect Romania's economy going forward.

The Executive Director of our Romanian member think tank IES, Christian Năsulea, appeared on a Digi 24 TV broadcast discussing how artificial intelligence is viewed with fear for the way it may impact the labour market in the near future, such as ChatGPT.