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28th Mar 2024

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Germans unhappy with handling of crisis

Two thirds of Germans are unhappy with their government's handling of the eurozone crisis, according to a survey Tuesday by Cicero. The report, "Pulling the eurozone back from the brink", assesses the views of 1,000 Germans on the crisis. 54% said that a country would leave the eurozone by 2014.

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EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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