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29th Mar 2024

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Le Pen: EU 'to blame' for Ukraine crisis

THe EU is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine as it forced Kiev to choose between East and West, French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has said. The EU's trade deal with Ukraine "essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia", Le Pen told Le Monde.

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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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