Mr Piketty’s warning comes after a report published last month suggested that anti-EU populists would make significant gains in the May elections, winning more than a third of the parliament’s seats
The comment were made by Thomas Piketty who said the two governments merely are ‘pretending’ to be staunch europhiles. The economic expert said Europe’s rising inequality is highly destabilising and could boost support for far-right populist parties, and influence the outcome of the parliament elections.
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