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29th Mar 2024

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Anti-EU and far-right could get every fourth EP seat, study

Every fourth seat in the European Parliament could be held by an anti-EU or far-right deputy after the May elections, a study by Germany's Konrad Adenauer foundation says. It says such parties across Europe are capitalizing on a groundswell of disappointed voters, amid a rising anti-immigration and anti-EU debate.

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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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