I think the tiny stations funded by France and Italy have been mostly busy at studying Earth's atmosphere.
I bet the French government wouldn't mind deploying bigger means over there, but we don't have any budget that would compare to that of the US feds.
However, I heard the EU had an awesome telescope facility in Chile's Atacama desert. There is some powerful related stuff of theirs over there.
Hopefully, you get an opportunity to visit it sometime if you're in this exciting field.
