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28th Mar 2024

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Hollande's former partner appointed minister

France's newly appointed ecology, energy and sustainable development minister is Segolene Royal who in 2007 ran for the presidency against Nicolas Sarkozy. Royal is also the former partner of President Francois Hollande, with whom she has four children. Of the 15 top cabinet posts, seven are now held by women.

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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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