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29th Mar 2024

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More migrants needed in EU to offset age demographics

The EU needs migrants to offset future age demographic disparities, according to an EU-funded research paper released on Friday. Without migration in the EU, the number of people over 65 are set to increase by 32 million by 2030 while those under 40 are set to drop by 31 million.

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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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