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29th Mar 2024

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Anti-EU parties set for big EU election gains

London-based think tank Open Europe estimates that anti-EU or protest parties of various forms could win as much as 31% of the vote, up from 25% in 2009, giving them 218 out of the European Parliament's 751 seats – a gain of 54 seats compared to the present parliament.

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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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