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29th Mar 2024

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Former French PM backs UK exit from EU

Former French prime minister Michel Rocard says Britain should leave the EU, reports The Telegraph newspaper. "If they go, it becomes possible to respond to the needs of governing in Europe," he said. Rocard described the UK as a barrier to EU integration. Rocard was prime minister under Francois Mitterrand

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Opinion

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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